This paper estimates the rate of return in investment in three major sectors: primary sectors which include manufacturing, construction and utilities,..

It is the government’s role in the science and technology sector to foster cooperation between government, academe and industries; establish a compe..

R&D is crucial in a country’s development process. Yet some economic agents are hesitant in pursing it not only because of the risks and costs assoc..

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth a..

The study attempts to characterize agricultural technology, acquisition, development and dissemination in the private sector. Technologies extensively..

This paper seeks to examine the various approaches to designing and evolving a technological strategy as an integral part of business study. Ideas of ..

The Philippines, having been integrated into the global economy, has not been spared from the financial crisis that hit Asia in July 1997. Pre-financi..

This paper develops and constructs a database for TFP estimation at the aggregate level and at the nine major sectors. A comparison of TFP estimates f..

The concern for determining the basic or minimum water requirement for a person to maintain good health and proper sanitation comes about in the light..

The paper argues that one of the major factors that led to the unsustained economic growth in the Philippines in the last 3 to 4 decades is low produc..

Recently, one of the most highly controversial reforms implemented in the Philippines is the trade reform program. It includes tarrification of quanti..

This paper puts together the key results and insights of various papers written under the project “Study on Public and Private Expenditure on Resear..

The fast economic integration of the world in the 1990s has brought new players, new products and new technology into the market, paving the way for i..

The East Asian miracle of the 1960s up to the mid 1990s and the East Asian debacle in 1997 put into perspective two crucial factors that affect sustai..

Governance is a complex concept. It includes the state’s institutions and structures, its decision-making process, its capacity to implement guideli..