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In a developing country such as the Philippines, social protection is crucial in providing support to the poor and vulnerable. There has been recent p..

The Philippines has been badly affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic. In this light, the analysis of the 2021 President’s Budget determines h..

In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled with finality on separate petitions filed by Batangas Governor Herminaldo Mandanas et al. and Bataan Governor Enrique..

The government budget reflects the government’s spending priorities. It is deemed important to assess whether the priorities as outlined in the prop..

This study continues previous work on estimating the vulnerability level of households to income poverty using a modified probit model based on income..

Dr. Xavier Cirera, a senior economist in the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice at the World Bank, presented the Philippine Innovation Public E..

This study presents economic principles that might aid in rightsizing the government bureaucracy. Most of the literature on civil service or public ad..

The paper highlights the importance of the design of the fiscal features of the federal system of government in ensuring that potential benefits from ..

If it ain’t broke, why fix it? This is a question some pundits posed when President Duterte started tinkering with the Constitution of the Repub..

IF THE push for federalism is at core a variant of decentralization, the nation's experience with the Local Government Code that passed in 1991 is an ..

A PIDS study says the government’s social health insurance and conditional cash transfer program were able to induce greater hospital visits for..

I’m glad state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has moved into the needed objective and research-based analysis of..

MERELY allowing regions to hold on to their income “may not be enough to undo the huge imbalance in economic and human development” across..

During the day, cranes atop unfinished skyscrapers cast long shadows over the concrete jungle that is Bonifacio Global City (BGC). By nightfall, they ..