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The advantages of foreign direct investment to host countries, particularly on economic growth, have long been recognized. The amount of investment th..

The weakening of the peso against the US dollar could make certain food items more expensive in the near-term, but it would be good for exporters as i..

One in every two children under five years of age suffers from stunting, or weighs low for their age, a study by state think tank Philippine Institute..

Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) consultant Alejandro Herrin on Thursday proposed the use of the conditional cash transfer program ..

According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, childhood stunting affects one-third of under-five Filipino children annually. Unfortunately, ..

The Philippine Competition Act (PCA), enacted on July 21, 2015, as Republic Act No. 10667, came into full force last Aug. 8.The date marked the end of..

For more than a decade, the Philippines had enjoyed the distinction of being free from the avian influenza (AI) or bird flu, particularly the strain t..

Days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act or the free tuition law, the UP System announced th..

The government is alarmed by the rising tide of protectionism in the region in the form of nontariff barriers (NTBs), making it important for the Phil..

There’s no free lunch, but in the Philippines there’s free housing, education and, soon, free irrigation and tax-free incomes.Last week Pr..

More Filipinos will become food poor if they are not educated, unemployed, bereft of assets, live in conflict areas and those affected by weather dist..

Senator Loren Legarda today said that providing free tertiary education in public colleges and universities is the government's commitment to the peop..

There are few studies in the Philippines that analyze poverty dynamics; and studies that analyze the effects of weather variability on food poverty dy..

The Department of Foreign Affairs, as chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 National Organizing Council Committee on Host Economy..

Weather is an integral part of our life and weather shocks can have severe implications on income and household consumption. Given evidence that point..