This paper focuses on the shipping transport subsector of the shipping industry because of its high sensitivity to government policies as well as its ..

Amid the calls for the restructuring--and even possible replacement--of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to effect radical improvements in tax adm..

This paper looks at the regulatory reforms in the electricity and downstream oil industries, two important inputs to the production process that were ..

One result of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis was greater awareness of the need for closer financial and monetary cooperation. This paper makes a..

Early child-bearing and high fertility still persist especially among the poor, despite the more than two decades of family planning program implement..

National innovation system is anchored on the theory that industrial development requires technological capability in industry, and that exploitation ..

Who benefits from the tariff reforms launched by the Philippine government from 1994-2000? On the basis of the results of his simulation runs, the aut..

When the WTO talks in Cancun broke down last September, anti-globalization groups and NGOs around the world rejoiced. However, the author of this Poli..

"Land to tiller" has been the rallying slogan of the land reform program in the Philippines, with improvements in income and productivity in the agrar..

Trade with nontraditional and distant markets has always been regarded as worth exploring in an effort to increase market shares amidst the downside e..

Few studies on microfinance have delved on its development from the household perspective as it relates to poverty alleviation. This Policy Notes focu..

This Policy Notes looks at the issue of gender concerns in credit cooperatives from a different perspective. Specifically, it looks at the implication..

Has the insurance industry in the five ASEAN economies been fully tapped to help in fostering the development of capital markets in the region? This P..

For millions of Filipino families, poverty is something they have to live with every single day. Some have become resigned to such fate but many conti..

This paper surveys the development of macroeconometric and CGE models in the Philippines during the period 1990-2002, primarily in terms of their stru..