Manasan, Rosario G. - Matches

This study presents a four-part evaluation of the President’s Budget (PB) for 2002. First, it shows that the speed of fiscal consolidation that ..

In an effort to help improve the revenue performance of the national government, especially in the face of the country's current fiscal deficit si..

Amidst the continuing ballooning of the country's fiscal deficit, the government appears to have focused much attention in searching for innovative an..

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

Access to basic education has greatly broadened in the past two decades as enrolment growth in both the elementary and secondary school systems outpac..

Exposure to lead and particulate matter emissions has been associated with various illnesses. If unabated, these emissions will lead to higher ..

The formation of metropolitan arrangements has recently become the trend. As these are still in the early stage of developing their identity, t..

Aside from the corruption allegations against President Estrada, issues of fiscal deficit amounting to billions of pesos beleaguer his administration...

Have the reforms in the country's tax structure through the years helped in improving taxpayer compliance? What has been the trend in tax evasion in r..

The government budget may be viewed as the financial mirror of society's economic and social choices, but does the budget contribute to the attainment..

This paper explains the evolution of the metropolitan organizations that have been established to oversee the development of Metro Manila, provides a ..

This study is a quantitative assessment of regional development performance in terms of economic growth and convergence (described simply as the minim..

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..

The Philippines, having been integrated into the global economy, has not been spared from the financial crisis that hit Asia in July 1997. Pre-financi..

Governance is a complex concept. It includes the state’s institutions and structures, its decision-making process, its capacity to implement guideli..