From the administrative and policy perspective, determination of magnitude of tax evasion and an analysis of tax evasion levels are imperative so that..

This paper presents quantitative measures of the annual flow and cumulative stock of capital flight from the Philippines from 1962-1986. Results indic..

This article quantitatively investigates the economy-wide effects of increasing productivity in the following Philippine industrial sectors: food manu..

This paper is an edited and expanded version of PIDS Staff Paper 87-02. It provides a number of facts and observations regarding agricultural credit, ..

This article advocates for more focused research designs and the use of more complex causal models. Investigations of morbidity and mortality differen..

This paper presents a brief analysis of the current situation of Philippine health institutions using secondary data. It locates the different types o..

This study estimates the demand elasticities of Philippine electricity focusing on the Manila Electric Company franchise area. The features of ..

To shed light on the difficulties in discussing the issue of protectionism, this study analyzes the overall impact of non-tariff measures (NTM) to the..

This paper provides a systematic investigation of agricultural systems practiced in the uplands by starting with a formal treatment of the shifting cu..

The manner by which the government has chosen to finance the fiscal deficit in the given period and the economic consequences of financing of governme..

Despite the pawnshop’s recently gained popularity as an alternative source of credit, very little study has been accorded to it. To date, there is h..

Very little has been written about the informal credit markets (ICMs) despite their prevalence in the economies of LDCs. This is probably due to the i..

Less developed countries are usually characterized by a dualistic financial system: the formal and informal credit system. One form of the latter is t..

In its attempt to characterize the existing financing schemes of the footwear manufacturing industry in Marikina, this paper investigates and document..

In recent years, Japan has been experiencing unprecedented current account surpluses, a trend that is being predicted as likely to continue in the nex..