Trade policies - Matches

This study aims to evaluate the effects of the Trade Reform Program on the performance and competitiveness of the Philippine agricultural machinery in..

Can a Third World country such as the Philippines take “shortcuts” from the agricultural stage to the post-industrial stage? The answer is ..

The proposed higher tariffs and the long adjustment period have a negative impact on the short- and long-term interests of the corn and livesto..

The market economies of Southeast Asia has been enjoying three consecutive years of high growth. Yet, there is a common concern about the capac..

Since the Aquino Administration has taken over in 1996, further trade reforms have been instituted. Many more items are liberalized and barriers remov..

Can ASEAN banking systems compete and increase their share of international trade in banking services? What are the possible measures to achiev..

This paper aims to provide country inputs to the joint study on ASEAN-US Relations whose main objective is to identify policy reforms and actions prod..

While this paper does not purport to be exhaustive in identifying a wide range of alternatives, it nevertheless attempts to explore Philippine trade o..

Based on the results of the simulations suggested by the PIDS-NEDA Philippine Annual Macroeconometric Model, this report analyzes the impact of the ex..

In the continuing commitment of PIDS to research, this DRN issue features three research summaries on foreign trade barriers, public sector deficit an..

In general, the past experience of ASEAN seem to show that its failure in promoting the full potentials of economic integration among its memb..

After a series of launching, shelving and relaunching, critical issues now face the Tariff Reform Program. Rumors have it that a reversal of t..

To shed light on the difficulties in discussing the issue of protectionism, this study analyzes the overall impact of non-tariff measures (NTM) to the..

As an input to the measurement of the Tariff Reform Program impact, this paper estimates two calculations of effective protection rate: the 1979 and 1..

While the Tariff Reform Program offers efficiency in resource allocation, it entails short-run costs. To understand what are these costs, this paper e..