Widespread chronic malnutrition in the Philippines is a human development disaster, which needs critical and urgent attention. The economic consequenc..

The Philippines aspires to be an upper middle-income country by 2022 as stated in the 2017–2022 Philippine Development Plan. It has also committed t..

#PIDSInfoBits: Did you know that the Philippines’ public sector spending on education has been increasing?From 2.1 percent of the country’..

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the operational capacity of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), which is mandated under Repub..

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines digital trade as the "digitally-enabled transactions of trade in goods and s..

QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 26 December) — For those who escaped the wrath of Typhoon Odette which made landfall on December 16,  I hope you h..

LOCAL governments are expected to receive almost P1 trillion next year from the national government's tax revenues.According to the Department of Budg..

THE Philippine economy contracted by 9.6 percent in 2020, the steepest decline recorded since after World War 2.And as the Philippines continues to re..

State-run Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is still far from functioning effectively as the envisioned country’s strategic p..

THE recovery efforts of the government depends in large part on jobs creation and consumer spending, as these two will both uplift the economy: the fi..

Hello, PIDS friends! Here's our #PIDSFactFriday for the week on the Social Pension Program.A PIDS study that examined the implementation of the gove..

Election fever kicked-off in the Philippines in October as several prominent public figures filed their candidacies for president.A variety of candida..

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has renewed its call for the immediate Senate concurrence of the Regional Compr..

Financial inclusion can help curb poverty, reduce inequality, and potentially enhance productivity and long-term growth. However, empirical research o..

The COVID-19 pandemic has such a wide-reaching and sudden adverse impact on people’s livelihoods. For a country like the Philippines which significa..