Philippines - Matches

HIGHER across-the-board wages run the risk of limiting the employment prospects of less experienced workers and women, according to a paper published ..

Increasing the legal minimum wages (LMWs) is seen as more detrimental to the welfare of workers particularly the young and inexperienced, less educate..

The President and the country’s top businessmen found common ground on the various economic issues affecting the country during a dinner meeting..

The government’s plan to end endo, or contractualization, could lead to layoffs and greater inequality in the country, according to a study rele..

THE government should carefully weigh its policy options on “endo,” or temporary employment contracts (TEC), because immediately ending th..

Providing agricultural insurance to farmers and fisherfolk in the Philippines has been implemented for nearly three decades. While it is agreed that a..

Using the panel data for the Philippines in 2003-2009, the paper estimates a three-level random coefficient model to measure household vulnerability a..

While agricultural insurance has long been considered a risk management tool for farmers in both developing and developed economies, policy directions..

The abolition or the scaling down of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), pushed by the militant left and their allies in Congress would hav..

Budgeting practices for the procurement of healthcare equipment are contributing to the deficiencies in equipment and deterioration of services in gov..

A study conducted by the Philippine Institute of Development Studies (Pids) raised warning bells over higher- than-necessary conditional cash transfer..

MANILA, Philippines - The public health sector stands to benefit from special forms of public-private partnerships (PPP) especially in expanding the p..

THE National Greening Program (NGP) generated about 3.3 million jobs in the first six years of its implementation, but continued to miss its target su..

A comprehensive health plan must be created to clarify the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health system and in attaining universal ..

This Policy Note analyzes government hospitals' capital outlay, specifically the budget for equipment used directly in health-care service delivery. I..