Development - Matches

For millions of Filipino families, poverty is something they have to live with every single day. Some have become resigned to such fate but many conti..

Economic growth is determined by how well a country mobilizes its resources to improve productivity in order to increase production of goods and servi..

The arrival of globalization has brought about a lot of challenges for nations to meet. This paper takes a look at the capability of the Philippine st..

The book shows that the Philippines has achieved modest success in the area of poverty reduction and human development. Life expectancy has gone up, m..

In celebration of the first-ever Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) on a nationwide scale, this issue highlights the development and short histo..

This paper presents the first attempt at estimating the expenditures on the Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) for 1998 and 2000. It iden..

The objective of the paper is to draw technology-related policy lessons for the Philippines by examining Japan's experience in technological innovatio..

Using panel data from about 1,500 farm households and estimating from a logit model, results show that agrarian reform has had a positive impact on fa..

Regional development policy and practice took significant transformations over the last five decades. Its relevance has been challenged in recent year..

This paper attempts to analyze governance systems in Southeast Asia and proposes some policy suggestions that can improve governance practices in the..

Changing leaders, changing styles, changing programs--this in a way sums up why policy reforms somehow get delayed and, at times, derailed often at th..

This paper reviews the developments in the population program from 1986-2002. It summarizes the main components of the program as well as highlights t..

The paper examines the performance of the Philippines with respect to the fight against poverty. It reviews the trends in poverty using the various hu..

Research and development (R&D) and technology are analyzed from the perspective of Philippine economic growth in the paper. It examines the productivi..

Global markets for goods and services have opened for countries that have made substantial investments in technological innovations in transportation,..