The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), a government think tank, is launching the 9th Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) this September with the theme Back to ABCs: Education for Development.
The DPRM is a month-long celebration highlighting the vast contribution of policy research to the socioeconomic advancement of the Philippines. Its observance started with the issuance of Malacanang Proclamation No. 247 in 2002 which declared the month of September of every year as Development Policy Research Month (DPRM). The Proclamation underscored the `need for promoting, enhancing, instilling, and drawing awareness and appreciation of the importance and necessity of policy research.` Moreover, the DPRM intends to gain public support and wider understanding of the importance of policy research as a tool for national development and of the activities in line with it to advance the quality and standard of policy research in the Philippines.
The PIDS, as a leading think tank in the country, was designated as the overall coordinator of all the programs and activities in the yearly observance of DPRM. Being in the forefront of policy research in the country, PIDS conducts policy research on socioeconomic issues to assist the government in crafting sound policies for national development. In the last eight years, the celebration of the DPRM has focused on areas that are considered as primary concerns and issues that need utmost attention and support from the government and other sectors. These topics include rice and food security policy, economic competitiveness, improvement of local governance, management of international labor migration, coping with climate variability and change,and poverty alleviation, among others.
The DPRM is a month-long celebration highlighting the vast contribution of policy research to the socioeconomic advancement of the Philippines. Its observance started with the issuance of Malacanang Proclamation No. 247 in 2002 which declared the month of September of every year as Development Policy Research Month (DPRM). The Proclamation underscored the `need for promoting, enhancing, instilling, and drawing awareness and appreciation of the importance and necessity of policy research.` Moreover, the DPRM intends to gain public support and wider understanding of the importance of policy research as a tool for national development and of the activities in line with it to advance the quality and standard of policy research in the Philippines.
The PIDS, as a leading think tank in the country, was designated as the overall coordinator of all the programs and activities in the yearly observance of DPRM. Being in the forefront of policy research in the country, PIDS conducts policy research on socioeconomic issues to assist the government in crafting sound policies for national development. In the last eight years, the celebration of the DPRM has focused on areas that are considered as primary concerns and issues that need utmost attention and support from the government and other sectors. These topics include rice and food security policy, economic competitiveness, improvement of local governance, management of international labor migration, coping with climate variability and change,and poverty alleviation, among others.
