Trade ministers from the 10-member countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are moving towards an agreement to reduce the prolifera..

As we move closer to our 40th founding anniversary on September 26, we invite you to get to know the PIDS a bit more. Each day from August 18 to our a..

Federalism is a ‘hot button’ topic in the country today, with no less than President Rody Duterte pushing for its adoption. With the ..

For about a year now, I have ended almost every talk and economic briefing I’ve given by sounding the alarm on the silent crisis facing our coun..

When it comes to financing a federal form of government, state-owned think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said size matters,..

WE joke about having the worst traffic in the world, with Edsa as the longest parking lot, and laugh, “We have no choice, we have a ‘traff..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) will hold a press conference on September 5, 2017,..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) held a press conference on September 5, 2017 at th..

As we move closer to our 40th founding anniversary on September 26, we invite you to get to know the PIDS a bit more. Each day from August 18 to our a..

The Duterte Administration has been very vocal about pushing for federalism as a way to decentralize power in Metro Manila and to address poverty in t..

CHANGING the value-added tax (VAT) status of indirect exporters from the current zero rating to VAT-able as proposed under three pending bills will no..

The Philippines has a long tradition of centralized governance. Since the Spanish period, Manila has served as the seat of economic and political powe..

As we move closer to our 40th founding anniversary on September 26, we invite you to get to know the PIDS a bit more. Each day from August 18 to our a..

Representatives of the World Economic Forum talked to PIDS Senior Research Fellow Erlinda Medalla, Research Fellow Mark Quimba, and Supervising Resear..