UCT - Matches

Berhman (1990) cited the Philippines as one of the few countries where the otherwise well accepted positive relationship between human capital investm..

Apart from their nutritional value, vegetables contribute to the farmer’s income when sold locally and to the country’s foreign exchange when sold..

This paper investigates the issue of underutilization of Philippine regional fishing ports using secondary data from institutional resources and inter..

This paper estimates the rate of return in investment in three major sectors: primary sectors which include manufacturing, construction and utilities,..

R&D is crucial in a country’s development process. Yet some economic agents are hesitant in pursing it not only because of the risks and costs assoc..

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth a..

This paper develops and constructs a database for TFP estimation at the aggregate level and at the nine major sectors. A comparison of TFP estimates f..

The paper argues that one of the major factors that led to the unsustained economic growth in the Philippines in the last 3 to 4 decades is low produc..

Recently, one of the most highly controversial reforms implemented in the Philippines is the trade reform program. It includes tarrification of quanti..

This paper puts together the key results and insights of various papers written under the project “Study on Public and Private Expenditure on Resear..

The East Asian miracle of the 1960s up to the mid 1990s and the East Asian debacle in 1997 put into perspective two crucial factors that affect sustai..

The Philippine economic growth has been highly unstable in the last 20 years. From an erratic pattern, it has recovered in the early 1990’s. Whether..

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth a..

Observing the underutilization of ports and the inadequacy of coastal communities, this issue suggests specific measures to address these concerns. Th..

With the demand for urban services and facilities, in particular urban infrastructure, continuing to increase through the years, how can the governmen..