The Philippines and Cambodia both abound in numerous freshwater bodies and resources that provide an economic and food base for rural people in the in..

Would you be willing to have a Muslim in your house as boarder? Or hire a Muslim woman as househelp or a Muslim man as worker in your company? How abo..

This article discusses the costs and spillovers of the armed conflict on Metro Manila and Rizal province. Documents recovered by AFP operatives indica..

The use of English language for cross-border communications is important in many areas of trade ranging from tourism to trade in financial services. E..

The study proposes an alternative means to the present manner of identifying eligible Philhealth beneficiaries through the use of three criteria, name..

This study resulted from UNDP’s interest in the Philippine proposal for debt-to-MDG financing presented to the United Nations in September 2005. It ..

With life in this country getting increasingly difficult, small family size is now the most rational choice. Sadly, however, there is still a large nu..

The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and rural finance markets. Innovatio..

This study assesses the state of microinsurance in the country, identifies the players and their performance, and the challenges facing microinsurance..

A major cause of the climatic catastrophes being experienced in the country, and in other parts of the world, is the El Niño southern oscillation (EN..

How does the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) deal with the armed conflicts in the country? As the institution tasked to defend the country again..

The old adage, "quality, not quantity," sums up the defining criterion that separates the winning schools and countries from the rest in today's race ..

The call center industry is one of the country's bright prospects in the area of business process outsourcing. Growing by 100 percent in just one year..

Services has taken over the role of agriculture as the Philippine economy's engine of growth. Not only does it contribute significantly to GDP, it als..

This article deals with the concept of competitiveness. Competitiveness is technically a firm-level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the..