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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) should reconsider its policy of general moratorium on bank branching in order to enhance the efficiency and sust..

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) should reconsider its policy of general moratorium on bank branching in order to enhance the efficiency and sust..

Faced with high unemployment and underemployment rates of educated workers, there is an ongoing debate on whether better matching can be achieved by e..

Providing information on the implications of high fertility and family planning services should be an integral component of any poverty alleviation pa..

The Department of Health (DOH) has begun implementing the health reforms under its Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA) in selected cities and provinces..

The health of Filipinos has significantly improved over the last 50 years. However, many challenges still remain for the health sector to effect furth..

A national body, either in the form of a Water Commission or a National Water Resources Authority, could be established in order to integrate the effo..

Despite the presence of state-of-the-art facilities and use of high-tech equipment in nursing and maritime education institutions in other APEC econom..

Is the decision of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to shift from money targeting to inflation targeting as its monetary framework a wise move? ..

It is not enough for the gross national product (GNP) to grow at a high rate in order for the government to succeed in fighting poverty. It is importa..

Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has declared the month of September of every year as Development Policy Research Month. This is to recognize the import..

Most Australian firms prefer the Philippines in terms of offshoring opportunities, as opposed to other rival potential business process outsourcing de..

If properly implemented, the government's National Greening Program (NGP) can help in reducing poverty and preserving the environment. In a policy no..

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) disproved arguments against the sex education provision of the Reproductive Healt..