Fiscal gap - Matches
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The Philippine government’s debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ballooned from 39.6 percent in 2019 to 54.5 percent in 2020 and 60.5 percent in..
Policy Notes

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This paper examines whether the current level of debt in the country, given the national government’s fiscal policy and plans, remains on a sust..
Discussion Papers

The paper highlights the importance of the design of the fiscal features of the federal system of government in ensuring that potential benefits from ..
Discussion Papers

If it ain’t broke, why fix it? This is a question some pundits posed when President Duterte started tinkering with the Constitution of the Repub..
In the News

IF THE push for federalism is at core a variant of decentralization, the nation's experience with the Local Government Code that passed in 1991 is an ..
In the News

I’m glad state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has moved into the needed objective and research-based analysis of..
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MERELY allowing regions to hold on to their income “may not be enough to undo the huge imbalance in economic and human development” across..
In the News

During the day, cranes atop unfinished skyscrapers cast long shadows over the concrete jungle that is Bonifacio Global City (BGC). By nightfall, they ..
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The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) remains confident that the shift to a federal form of government will not derail the Duterte ad..
In the News

The adoption of a federal form of government was a key campaign promise of President Rodrigo
Duterte, a thrust reiterated in his first State of the Na..
Discussion Papers

While urbanization has several advantages, there are also certain problems associated with it. This issue takes a brief look at the urban fiscal gap p..
Policy Notes

Using a three-gap model, it can be shown that a reduction in the tariff level will lead to an unambiguous decline in the GDP growth rate if it results..
Discussion Papers

Using the interplay of saving, foreign exchange and fiscal constraints, this study determines the impact of trade liberalization, the tariff reduction..
Discussion Papers

Using a three-gap model, it can be shown that a reduction in the tariff level will lead to an unambiguous decline in the GDP growth rate if it results..
Philippine Journal of Development
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