The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement is envisioned to further boost Japan's ODA to the Philippines, particularly for capital formation..

The theme of this year's Annual Budget Analysis Series is "Deficit in revenues leading to a deficit in services," reflective of the two studies contai..

What's in store for us this year? Dr. Josef Yap provides us, in this issue, with yet another forecast for the year. He stresses, as he has done in eac..

In this article, the author outlines the coverage and structure of the Philippines' value-added tax (VAT) on goods and services and discusses the prob..

Approximately 90 percent of the world's production and consumption of rice occurs in Asia, and regional demand is projected to increase by 70 percent ..

Competitiveness is technically a firm level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea of a country's 'international ..

This study analyzes the potential impact of the Philippines-Japan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the Philippine economy in case of the Philippines' dis..

This paper investigates the implications of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in December of 2001 for the Philippines based on an an..

Citing cases in various Southeast Asian uplands but focusing on a specific Philippine upland illustration in Bukidnon in Southern Philippines, this fe..

This article talks about two top Philippine export industries and their use of a "common" factor input--unskilled labor--as they work to occupy the to..

The author carries out an interesting and uncommon analysis of economic transition and change in terms of human consciousness, perception, knowledge, ..

The services sector, as shown in this article, is outpacing traditional industries, specifically in developing countries. With a possibility of forgin..

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2004 the International Year of the Rice (IYR). The IYR is a venue to promote improved production and ..

In the Philippines, one major problem is the continuous rise of unemployment. This article which is a condensed version of Dr. Gerardo Sicat's paper w..

Year-on-year headline inflation rate went up to 4.1 percent in April from 3.8 percent in March. The monthly average exchange rate went down from P..