Researchers and rice market experts say reduced official imports in 2013 as part of a rice self-sufficiency program by the government is the cause for..

THE country's graduate education system is critical to serve the country's development goals, according to a research paper published by state think t..

DESPITE a number of academic institutions offering post-graduate studies nationwide, a study recently released by state-owned think tank Philippine In..

DESPITE a number of academic institutions offering post-graduate studies nationwide, a study recently released by state-owned think tank Philippine In..

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine coconut industry is an export-oriented sector. 1 It has about 3.5 million coconut farmers and 26 percent of the t..

ANC Video interview of Dr. Roelhano Briones)

ANC Video interview of Dr. Roelhano Briones

The government’s active labor market programs (ALMPs) have provided short-term job opportunities to disadvantaged sectors, but the country must map ..

MANILA, Philippines — Government’s policy on rice self-sufficiency and not price manipulation is to blame for the rising prices of rice, an econom..

This second issue of the Development Research News announces the revival of the Philippine Services Coalition that will study and advocate for reforms..

P-Noy doesn’t believe the sudden increase in prices was caused by production and supply problems. He told reporters in Iloilo that Agriculture offic..

THE National Food Authority (NFA) should really seriously review its rice-subsidy program, specifically on its procurement of the grain staple, a rice..

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decelerated in the first quarter of 2014. It grew by 5.7 percent, 2 percentage points below the growth rate during th..

Acting grains chief Francis Pangilinan is to import 200,000 tons more rice this year. This is on top of 800,000 tons that the National Food Authority ..

THE PHILIPPINE strategy for developing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been implemented with moderate success, a report from the Philippine In..