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To improve PhilHealth`s benefits framework, enhance hospital services, and achieve one of the Universal Health Care`s thrusts, greater financial prote..

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading killers among bacterial diseases worldwide. In the Philippines, the prevalence of culture-positive TB is ..

This issue of the EID features the amendment of the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Amending the Constitution`s economic provisions is a..

The Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) aims to ensure that funding requirements for the development needs of municipalities and cities are included in agency b..

The importance of tertiary education in promoting human development and improving the economy`s competitiveness has already been realized. However, s..

There has been a growing recognition that large-scale gravity irrigation systems funded by public investments have performed poorly, and have not show..

This research aims to investigate the role of communities in disaster recovery and in building resilience to answer the questions: "What is the role o..

Helping poor but deserving students get a college degree is one way to break the cycle of poverty. The question, however, is how these scholars should..

The minimum wage is a classic example of a price floor, the lowest price set by law with which to pay a commodity. The idea is to prevent wages from g..

This issue of the Development Research News mainly features the observance of the 12th Development Policy Research Month which the Institute spearhead..

Managing urban growth in countries requires that leaders plan ahead using national physical plans that, among others, safeguard land for utilities and..

Fiscal incentives are one of the instruments in a country`s development and investment promotion strategies. In the Philippines, the bill on the ratio..

The jobs challenge is not simply the lack of job opportunities. A more nuanced view is the inability of the common person to earn a decent living thro..

The Philippines is at a crossroad. It can choose to continue to follow current unrealistic policies that despite good intentions have been shown to be..

This Policy Note presents the results of a study that explores the effects of labor policies on the industry. In particular, it examines the minimum ..