This paper explores the potentials of including the broad realm of human resource development into the proposed bilateral economic agreements between ..

Has Philippine development planning benefited from the wisdom, if any, of economic growth theory? In this article, the author discusses the key questi..

The author, at the outset of her study on shipping transport, rightly states the importance of this industry in an archipelagic country. However, the ..

This article investigates the determinants of Philippine trade in commercial services, and makes an attempt to explain the historical trends and movem..

The formation of free trade agreements (FTAs), both regional and bilateral, has been a worldwide trend in recent decades. With the failure of the two ..

The study on Muslim traders in the Philippines was done to determine the profile of the Muslim trade enterprises and the effect of globalization on th..

Food security remains a major concern among the APEC member economies. A simple and crude exercise shows that the region collectively could supply eac..

Citing impressive gains in the last three years, the author points out the bright prospects for microfinance as a major source of financing for small ..

The financial liberalization in the 1990s appears to have aided the increase in competition among Philippine banks despite the increasing trend in con..

Can LGUs succeed in managing their own population? They probably can, but they need strong national leadership in doing so. This Policy Notes asserts ..

Twelve years into the implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991, it is but opportune to assess how the key features of this landmark legisla..

More recently, considerable attention has been given to financial regional integration and cooperation, which intensified in the wake of the East Asia..

Population processes and outcomes (in this case, urbanization) influences and changes the development of an area and vice versa. In the case of Tagum ..

Trends in economic development influence population outcomes in an area. Increasing economic opportunities that are typically linked to industrializat..

This paper has attempted to examine the impacts of competition policy reforms on the efficiency of the Philippine commercial banking system. It uses t..