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To better prepare for the upcoming free trade market in 2015, the Philippines needs to attract more investment to be able to modernize international p..
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The Department of Trade and industry continues to strengthen its industry development and policy arm with the two (2) recent appointments of experts o..
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The Philippines’ budget for basic education as a percentage of the country’s gross domestic product remains to be low compared to those of its Sou..
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Based on output shares, the Philippine economy has undergone significant structural transformation, with the contribution of agriculture to GDP now on..
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The government can maximize the benefits of economic zones if they would be well integrated into the local economy and be flexible enough to allow a w..
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The topic of unemployment and underemployment in last week’s column is the backdrop for today’s focus on labor market policies. Labor policies hav..
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For the Philippines to be more competitive in a free trade market two years from now, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) recommen..
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Here’s the paradox of growth in this country. From 2003 to 2009, the economy grew by an average of 4.8 percent. And yet, instead of decreasing with ..
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The focus of the Bureau of Customs should be on trade facilitation and the modernization of customs administration, instead of its revenue collection ..
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About 130 million people in Southeast Asia lack access to electricity, according to a Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) study obtain..
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The top 10 Philippine exports to ASEAN are currently electrical and electronics (59.5 percent share); machinery (11.4 percent); vehicles (5.1 percent)..
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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), in cooperation with state think tank Philippine Institute for De..
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"There is an urgent need to inform the public and the various sectors of society about the ASEAN integration," said Peter T. Laviña, former councilor..
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Quality of infrastructure in the Philippines is second to the last in the ASEAN region. Senior Research Fellow of the
Philippine Institute for Develo..
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The Philippines needs to transform and upgrade the local manufacturing sector to take advantage of opportunities from a bigger market in the Asean Eco..
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