Development - Matches
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The enactment of two pro-poor housing legislations in the 1990s--the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) of 1992 and the Comprehensive Shelter Fi..
Policy Notes
Most countries generally equate development to economic growth and vice versa. Years of economic growth, however, have failed to uplift the lives of F..
Development Research News
Education in the Philippines for many years now has suffered much in terms of quality. True, while access to education may no longer be an issue toda..
Development Research News
How should local service delivery of public goods and services be improved for desirable development outcomes? This paper attempts at answering this q..
Discussion Papers
This study reviewed the local service delivery of potable water nationally and analyzed the same in the case study areas of Dumaguete City and Agusan ..
Discussion Papers
One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is the elimination of gender disparity in primary and secondary education. Global initiatives toward th..
Policy Notes
This Note provides an account of the problems underlying local service delivery (LSD) in the Philippines and presents some prospective solutions. The ..
Policy Notes
Because the barangay is considered to be the local government unit closest to the people in terms of access and proximity, its role in local service d..
Policy Notes
Looking at the analyses and issues raised on the dismal state of Philippine education, one is confronted with the realization that the issues raised a..
Policy Notes
Numerous studies have tried to explain the poor growth performance of the Philippines. This paper critically reviews related literature on constraints..
Discussion Papers
In a country where poverty is prevalent, a significant number of children are likely to be illiterate, malnourished, and prone to abuse and physical v..
Discussion Papers
The 2008 global economic and financial crisis spawned a synchronized recession among industrialized countries leading to a contraction in world trade...
Discussion Papers
There is another kind of crisis that is equally devastating as the global economic and financial crisis, perhaps even more threatening, with mankinds ..
Development Research News
After many policies have been put in place over the years to uplift the welfare of the Filipinos, the overall human development in the country has not..
Books
Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty reduction, human development, susta..
Discussion Papers
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