Urban - Matches

The World Bank’s (WB) commitment to reduce poverty remains at the top of its agenda. In support of the government’s social reform agenda, WB assis..

Utilizing the Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, this paper determines the socioeconomic conditions in relation to health care of the urban..

This paper attempts to identify a number of emerging population-relevant rural scenarios that require a more creative degree of understanding complex ..

This paper discusses the insights derived and the lessons learned from two research studies that have been recently conducted among families in rural ..

This article discussed the conceptual framework presented by Dr. Alexander B. Leman with an explanation on how development and urbanization can exist ..

This paper is a descriptive analysis focused on the following research questions: what are the existing groups or organizations outside of government ..

Having a house that one can call his own remains to be elusive for most Filipinos. Even the lowest cost, mass-based housing projects are diffic..

Housing developments have been hampered by exorbitantly priced land specifically in the cities. The 1991 housing survey show that Metro Manila househo..

From a theoretical standpoint, the question has to be asked whether or not the census should retain its present definition of urban areas. There is a ..

Through the provision of the Local Government Code, transfer of responsibilities from the national to the local level has been instituted. This paper ..

Marginal saving rates for the Philippine households are estimated, distinguishing between rural and urban households, by region and by income group. A..

This paper determines hospital efficiency through cost comparisons. Specifically, it investigates the total cost per case. It also examines the variou..

How does individual household use affect the demand for drugs? In this article, three major policy concerns are highlighted: dug pricing, local..

How does housing affect households’ health status? How does housing interact with other health inputs? What trade-offs exist between housing and med..

Very little has been written about the informal credit markets (ICMs) despite their prevalence in the economies of LDCs. This is probably due to the i..