Integration - Matches

The recent currency and financial turmoil in East Asia have led to the evaluation of current financial and macroeconomic policies. The Philippines..

Taking its cue from other Asian countries, the Philippines has joined several international trade organizations that paved the way for economic openne..

This paper discusses financial reform and development in the Philippines during the past one and a half decades and the challenges facing the financia..

From a preferential tariff rate, ASEAN has decided to move to a free trade area by the first decade of the 21st century and the creation of an ASEAN e..

The past years have witnessed the rebirth of the Philippine economy. Under a more liberalized setting, authorities have boasted of the country being ..

Data indicate that there has been an increasing integration of world financial markets. These have raised fears that countries have become vulnerable ..

As APEC provides venue for exploiting trade and investment gains in an integrated market, it allows the U.S. to strengthen its ties with the world’s..

This document is the result of collaborative efforts among various individuals and institutions to discuss the Manila action plan for APEC. Highlights..

This article is an incisive analysis on the current unease and on ideal future of the Asia-Europe partnership offering some notes on how to intensify ..

In the light of economic integration, cooperation and global competitiveness, people empowerment becomes an inevitable goal. This is most espec..

Dr. Josef Yap heralds the good signs in 1993 not just in Asia but in the Philippines as well. However, optimism should be tempered with caution..

No country is an Island. This is the message that the author wants to get across the readers as he explores ways of resolving domestic developm..

The reports included in this second issue of the Economic Outlook Series have been presented at the PIDS annual roundtable discussion. The papers con..

In preparation for the upcoming Fourth Summit in Singapore, the secretary-General of the ASEAN Secretariat has been requested by the ASEAN Stan..

The ASEAN has come of age. It has to set aside its political differences to convene on an agenda for free trade and for the reduction of duties..