Development - Matches

This paper is borne out of the need to address the scarcity of evidence-based studies on barangay financing. It analyzes and evaluates key issues on f..

Within East Asia, the outward-oriented Philippine economy is a latecomer to using free trade agreements (FTAs) as a trade policy instrument and has re..

Various concerns have been expressed about the ability of the world economy to sustain the ever-expanding world population. This paper aims to provide..

For the 9th commemoration of the Development Policy Research Month (DPRM), the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) chose the theme "Ba..

How significant is research and development (R&D) in the Philippines` overall economic development? What drives firms to locate (or not locate) their ..

The Philippines is a developing country with strong commitment to the millennium development goals (MDGs). However, it faces challenges in closing MDG..

Government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) strengthens its contribution to policy deliberations by releasing its first ..

Using an economy-wide CGE model called Maquette for MDG Simulation (MAMS) as applied to the Philippines, the author examines economy-wide scenarios fo..

The Philippines has made a major push toward development of biofuel, enacting biofuels mandates and subsidies by the Biofuels Law. To maintain food se..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), being true to its mandate of conducting policy research in aid of planning and policymaking, ..

Water is one of the basic necessities in life, along with food and shelter. It must be clean, safe, and adequate. However, the number of people living..

What are the problems that the mining sector faces today? Can value addition help in alleviating some of these problems? Does this sector have other p..

Ranking provinces in terms of human development, which provinces fared well and which fared badly across time in each of the components of the human d..

Research and development (R&D) is an important resource for sustained economic growth. New knowledge created by a firm has spillover effects that impr..

Statistics on the distribution of ODA loans show that the local government sector is the smallest direct recipient of this funding source. While it ha..