The 91-day treasury bill rate went down to 1.244 percent in September from 1.373 in August. Meanwhile, 182-day and 364-day rates went up to 1.65 and ..

This Policy Note presents the results of a study that explores the effects of labor policies on the industry. In particular, it examines the minimum ..

The stellar economic growth in the country since 2012 has not been subsequently accompanied by a significant reduction in poverty or by increased empl..

TO BOOST the country’s footing in the medical tourism industry and stay competitive among Asean peers, a top medical professional said the governme..

TWO prominent economists urged business players in the Visayas to support the passage of a competition bill, which remains pending in the 16th Congres..

As shown by its organizational chart, the DOE’s multisectoral task force will be headed by Dr. Adoracion Navarro, a senior fellow at the Philippine ..

I doubt I am the only person who noticed the incongruity of the two banner headlines in Tuesday’s edition of this paper. On the front page, this: "3..

Less than 500 days until the deadline, the Philippines is still far from achieving its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) commitments, according to the..

This paper investigates the presence of stochastic and dynamic convergence in the 14 regional economies in the Philippines in terms of per capita gros..

The experience of the Philippines shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) spillover effects are not automatically generated. Opening up the economy..

This paper presents a new model for constructing poverty lines. The model uses consumer theory to construct both food and nonfood poverty thresholds. ..

Using data from the 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey and 2005 community-based monitoring system for a city, Multivariate Adaptive Regression ..

The overall objective of the paper is to demonstrate how the input-output table can be used to calculate total factor productivity growth for a partic..

Irrigation has perennially accounted for the major expenditure outlay of the Philippine government in the agriculture sector. The performance of the n..

Irrigation systems undergo rehabilitation to maintain developed irrigation service areas and close the gap between service areas and actual areas irri..