Housing - Matches

(First of two parts) Around 50 percent of the world’s habitable land had already been converted to farming land, according to the World Wide Fu..

Last year marked the 25th year of the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA). Enacted in 1992, the UDHA brought the hope of realizing a socially jus..

What happens when well-meaning policies achieve results contrary to the common good? The latest book from government think tank Philippine Institute f..

The CMP fund is accessed through community associations (CAs). In highly-urbanized cities like Metro Manila, the maximum loan that may be provided by ..

The Community Mortgage Program (CMP) has been touted by many quarters as the most innovative and responsive government housing program in the Philippi..

The government’s Community Mortgage Program may have neglected poor families, according to a study released by state-owned think-tank Philippine..

Last week, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) launched a book, a must-read by all who are interested in serious work on economic ..

Despite being one of the most innovative government housing programs in the country, the Community Mortgage Program (CMP) is saddled by weaknesses, re..

The government needs rigorous analysis in formulating and implementing its policies, programs, and projects to prevent negative consequences, although..

Demonstrating the importance of vetting policy-making by scientific research is a new book, “Unintended Consequences: The Folly of Uncritical Th..

In a new book titled "Unintended Consequences: The Folly of Uncritical Thinking," state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)..

The government needs rigorous analysis in formulating and implementing its policies, programs, and projects to prevent negative consequences.This was ..

The Community Mortgage Program (CMP) is a financing scheme that enables organized residents of slums to borrow funds for land purchase and housing dev..

BOOK LAUNCH: Unintended Consequences: The Folly of Uncritical Thinking

A new study by a government think tank says restrictive labor market laws prevent micro, small, and medium enterprises from flourishing despite the va..