Economic - Matches

Once again, the PIDS successfully led this year's observance of the 5th Development Policy Research Month (DPRM). The DPRM, which was initiated primar..

As a result of changing conditions in the world market and increasing global competition, trade and integration arrangements have become a part of eco..

This research paper examines the politico-strategic motivations of the Bush Administration’s effort to foster Free Trade Agreements to a number of c..

The paper examines the effect of an RP-US FTA in the Philippine agricultural sector. Using an Applied General Equilibrium (AGE) Model, it analyzes the..

What awaits the Philippines this year? For the past years, Dr. Josef Yap has written fearless forecasts for the country and discussed the various issu..

This paper looks at the regulatory reforms in the electricity and downstream oil industries, two important inputs to the production process that were ..

China's emergence as an economic giant in the past 25 years has dramatically changed the global economic landscape especially in East Asia. Should thi..

The recently signed Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is said to represent a "new age free trade area" in that its terms and pr..

With the rapid advancement in information and communication technology (ICT) and the equally rapid spread of the Internet, a new system has emerged to..

Why has the Philippines not been getting a larger slice of the Japanese market as compared with other ASEAN countries and with China? What factors pre..

The study aimed at determining the effects of global economic liberalization on manufacturing industries in Muslim areas in the Philippines. A total o..

What does 2005 hold for Filipinos? As always, PIDS Senior Research Fellow Dr. Josef Yap provides another forecast for 2005 in this issue. He talks abo..

With the Philippines and Japan eyeing specific objectives for their respective long-term development goals, the proposed Japan-Philippines Economic Pa..

This paper looks at the interaction of poverty, fertility preferences and family planning practice in the Philippines using the series of nationally r..

With the recent proliferation of regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) not only involving East Asian countries but others around the wor..