Institutions - Matches

This report argues that improving local service delivery (LSD) is about improving people’s lives. It is premised on the idea that better provision o..

Most countries generally equate development to economic growth and vice versa. Years of economic growth, however, have failed to uplift the lives of F..

How should local service delivery of public goods and services be improved for desirable development outcomes? This paper attempts at answering this q..

Numerous studies have tried to explain the poor growth performance of the Philippines. This paper critically reviews related literature on constraints..

When poor households face catastrophic events, they do not have any means for risk protection. Access to formal risk protection schemes such as insura..

This paper looks at the issue of reforming financial regulatory structures from the New Institutional Economics perspective. In particular, it examine..

A developing economy such as the Philippines has to create an enabling environment for economic growth and development. But how does one nudge forward..

The promise and potential of the Philippine economy has remained unrealized notwithstanding the country`s talented labor force, skilled professionals,..

Trade and financial policies in ASEAN-member countries have contributed to the goal of economic integration. One important feature of this pro..

This study assesses the state of microinsurance in the country, identifies the players and their performance, and the challenges facing microinsurance..

This paper looks at the different paradigms of decentralization for drinking water supply in the Philippines and its effectiveness in poverty alleviat..

The paper describes the current decisionmaking structure for trade policy formulation in the Philippines and compares it with the systems in selected ..

Citing impressive gains in the last three years, the author points out the bright prospects for microfinance as a major source of financing for small ..

The paper examines the country's highly complex fee structure of higher educational institutions (HEI) and its changes over time. School fees vary wid..

In recent years, the government substituted its former supply-led approach in credit financing with a more nontraditional and liberal approach: microf..