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In the age of digital economy, no one should be left behind. This was according to advocates who spoke at the seminar on “The Digital Econo..

Digital economy is beneficial but it has to be regulated.According to Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) President Gilberto Llanto, t..

The Philippines should formalize its regulatory management system (RMS) for the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry to make it more investor-f..

The regulatory process to effectively work entails the participation of different actors—not just government.Prof. Sharon Friel, director of the..

Two years after the ratification of the Philippine Competition Act (PCA), Filipinos still have low awareness of the importance of competition in the m..

Regulation has to be a means to an end. This was stressed by Professor Sharon Friel of the Australian National University (ANU) at the recently h..

Experts at the recently concluded conference on regulation and governance in the Philippines organized by state think tank Philippine Institute for De..

International experts identify inadequate physical facilities, cumbersome procedures, and varying international business standards as major stumbling ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in collaboration with the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and Ateneo de Zamboanga Univ..

The Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is costly but with minimal impact on educat..

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has significantly helped its member-states achieved economic progress, a Vietnamese senior economic..

To achieve the goals of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2025, ASEAN member-states should strive to achieve an environment where good governance pre..

The Philippines has made some progress in decentralizing powers to local government units, but the government needs to do more. This was what int..

The Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) should continue pushing for trade reforms and liberalization amid the rising protectionism across th..

A shift to federalism at this time could worsen regional inequality given the existing highly imbalanced and inequitable political and economic develo..