Productivity - Matches

In 1996, a blueprint on the integrated approach towards improving total factor productivity (TFP) in the Philippines was formulated in a document call..

The paper looks into the S&T/R&D-MNAAP by examining whether the strategies, programs and activities set are able to address the real issues surroundin..

This short note provides a framework for looking at public sector governance and productivity improvements. It argues that the role of government in ..

The paper looks into the major factors which affect the efficiency of product market. In particular, the paper examines the policy environment, which..

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth a..

The Philippine economic growth has been highly unstable in the last 20 years. From an erratic pattern, it has recovered in the early 1990’s. Whether..

The East Asian miracle of the 1960s up to the mid 1990s and the East Asian debacle in 1997 put into perspective two crucial factors that affect sustai..

This paper puts together the key results and insights of various papers written under the project “Study on Public and Private Expenditure on Resear..

The paper argues that one of the major factors that led to the unsustained economic growth in the Philippines in the last 3 to 4 decades is low produc..

This paper estimates the rate of return in investment in three major sectors: primary sectors which include manufacturing, construction and utilities,..

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth a..

R&D is crucial in a country’s development process. Yet some economic agents are hesitant in pursing it not only because of the risks and costs assoc..

This paper develops and constructs a database for TFP estimation at the aggregate level and at the nine major sectors. A comparison of TFP estimates f..

Past studies have shown that Philippine productivity growth has been low compared to other ASEAN members. This is specifically attributed to the inwar..

A study of the food manufacturing and electrical machinery industries reveals growth in terms of increasing demand and expanding market however produc..