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"With the Quantitative Restriction (QR) on import of rice, expected to be abolished in July, 2017, in the Philippines, it is a need of the hour to wor..

A study by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has identified some serious technical problems and issues in the count..

Although the Philippines is on track in achieving many of the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), inequities in accessibility, availab..

The number of children living in poverty in the Philippines continues to climb despite the country`s recent economic gains. According to a study titl..

There`s a “glimmer of hope” for inclusive growth with the government taking steps particularly in the area of labor and industrial policy ..

The effects of labor regulations such as the minimum wage policy should be considered if government is really serious about creating jobs and pursuing..

Despite rapid economic growth in the past years, poverty still persists in the Philippines. Investing in development programs such as the Pantawid Pam..

Economists from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the University of the Philippines (UP) took turns discussing techniques in..

Impact evaluation in the Philippines is getting a boost with the government, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation or 3ie, and the Asian ..

Two top officials of the Aquino administration on Wednesday (Sept. 3, 2014) backed efforts to integrate evaluation practices into development programs..

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan will open Making Impact Evaluation Matter, a large international conference on the increasingly inf..

Development practitioners and advocates are gathering in Manila this week for the first-ever international meet on impact evaluation in Asia. The Phil..

The automotive industry is expected to yield 300,000 jobs under a new industrial policy that seeks to revive the manufacturing sector, an official bar..

The Commission on Higher Education should enforce "more vigorously" its policy of closing existing programs of state colleges and universities (SUCs) ..

Large discrepancies in the commercial price of fertilizers and the sub-optimal application of fertilizer of farmers are major challenges that threaten..