Regional integration - Matches

The Philippines and the US will start strategic dialogue end of this month for the planned bilateral free trade agreement where the former will push f..

As leaders from more than 20 countries descend to Manila for a series of meetings, they are expected to be greeted by the red carpet, escorted on allo..

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) has come quite a distance since its inception in 1967. Today, it stands as one of the world’s old..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), lead convenor of the Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN), in partnership with the De..

Bad Internet connection is a more pressing problem in the country compared to poverty and corruption, according to a study released by the Philippine ..

Using a purposive online and paper-based survey and focus group discussions with select target groups, this study makes inferences about the level of ..

The establishment of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) is one of the priorities of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to enhance..

This issue of the Development Research News focuses on the significance of an integrated approach in analyzing problems and finding solutions--otherwi..

WITH the Philippines needing to do much more before the Asean Economic Community takes effect in 2015, local stakeholders hope to prepare themselves b..

In two years, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will reach a milestone. The regional group will become an "ASEAN Community” by 2015..

ASEAN member countries are moving toward achieving the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) with the timeline set at 2015. It is therefore important for po..

The feature article in this issue of the DRN is based on the highlights of a recently completed study done by premier economist Dr. Gerardo Sicat whic..

APEC’s vision of integrating the APEC has remained, for the most part, intangible. Cultural differences, socioeconomic disparity, and lack o..

The paper aims to add to the understanding of the issues and suggests a framework to move toward the use of best practice in ROOs. Rules of origin (RO..

Food policy analysts and government policymakers have different views on food security. Those who decide for agriculture in less developed countries e..