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On May 24, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said the P70-billion Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program or 4Ps only makes beneficiaries overl..

The Philippines should already consider enhancing its transparency for investment, possibly starting with improving the information content of the for..

THE significance of the Shipping and logistics industry in a country’s economic growth cannot be overemphasized. The industry manages the trans..

THE PHILIPPINE Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) wants to broaden the level of transparency in the government’s foreign investment negati..

This Policy Note revisits the policy objective of the Foreign Investment Act (FIA) and the implementation of the foreign investment negative list (FIN..

In terms of gross value added in manufacturing, the food manufacturing industry (FMI) tops the list with about 50 percent of the manufacturing sector'..

This paper evaluates the implementation of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) K to 12 Adjustment Assistance Program, established following the ..

THE country’s economic managers renewed their call to Congress this week to pass House Bill 4904, or the rice tariffication bill, to amend the A..

Tax reform has undoubtedly coincided with a period of higher inflation risk in the country. Any man or woman on the street can tell you that the slow ..

Following Monday's barangay and SK elections, the business sector is hoping for the barangays' support in spurring economic development, being the sma..

Band-Aid is being taped over the gaping wound of joblessness. Government is succumbing to the loudest outcry, for now, to illegalize “endo,&rdqu..

The country’s strong domestic economy and the growth of e-commerce have attracted local conglomerates to enter into the logistics’ industr..

LOGISTICS is defined as the integration of transport, warehousing, freight forwarding and information services. Along with competitiveness of products..

Despite the passage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, government support to farmers of high-value crops, such as banana, pineapple, and sugarc..

The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) loaning program, which was marked by corruption and issues in the previous years, is now bein..