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Trade ministers from the 10-member countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are moving towards an agreement to reduce the prolifera..

For about a year now, I have ended almost every talk and economic briefing I’ve given by sounding the alarm on the silent crisis facing our coun..

Representatives of the World Economic Forum talked to PIDS Senior Research Fellow Erlinda Medalla, Research Fellow Mark Quimba, and Supervising Resear..

A new tax reform can only be effective if the proposed bill of the government is approved in its entirety, according to the Philippine Institute for D..

Despite various reform efforts over the years, the tax system in the Philippines continues to suffer from chronic weaknesses. The Duterte administrati..

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..