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IRA Design Issues and Challenges

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-09

The internal revenue allotment or IRA is one type of central government transfers to local government units (LGUs) meant to help in correcting for the..

Policy Notes

Risks and Opportunities in Securing Increased Resources for MDGs at the National Level

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-08

A necessary condition for the Philippines' attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is the presence of adequate budgetary support for the..

Policy Notes

Pitfalls in Targeting

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-07

Almost three years after the government launched two hunger-mitigation initiatives--the Food-for-School and Tindahan Natin programs--questions are bei..

Policy Notes

Has Land Reform Improved on Landownership Inequality? Evidence from Philippine Rice-growing Villages

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-06

Has land ownership distribution in the Philippines improved as a result of the land reform program instituted in the country? Not quite, this Policy N..

Policy Notes

Household Vulnerability to Income Poverty

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-05

This Notes calls for the need to regularly come up with household vulnerability measurements and trends in the Philippines, in addition to official po..

Policy Notes

Assessing the Severity of Problems of Aquaculture in Laguna de Bay: Practitioners' Perspectives

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-04

Given the scarcity of public resources, it is important to assess and determine the severity and importance of problems in a particular sector in orde..

Policy Notes

Protecting the Vulnerable through Social Health Insurance: PhilHealth's KASAPI as a Strategy

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-03

To help ease the burden of medical expenses on the part of lower-income households during times of illness and emergencies, the Philippine government,..

Policy Notes

The JPEPA: Why Ratify?

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-02

Why the need to ratify the JPEPA? Based on the numerous studies carried out under the PIDS JPEPA Research Project, JPEPA will be advantageous to the c..

Policy Notes

Reforming the BOT Law: A Call of the Times

Jun 01, 2007

PN 2007-01

Recent controversies about certain government infrastructure projects, especially those agreed upon under the framework of the build-operate-transfer ..

Policy Notes

PJD 2006 Special Volume in Honor of Alejandro N. Herrin - Introduction

Jun 01, 2007

PJD 2006 Vol. XXXIII Nos. 1and2-x

This special issue of the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is dedicated to Professor Alejandro N. Herrin in recognition of his numerous contrib..

Philippine Journal of Development

Social Health Insurance for the Poor Programs of the Philippines and Vietnam

Jun 01, 2007

PJD 2006 Vol. XXXIII Nos. 1and2-h

This paper compares the design features and implementation of the social health insurance (SHI) for the poor programs of the Philippines and Vietnam. ..

Philippine Journal of Development

The National Health Accounts of the Philippines: Continuing Development and New Findings

Jun 01, 2007

PJD 2006 Vol. XXXIII Nos. 1and2-g

For more than a decade now, the national health accounts (NHA) of the Philippines has been providing data that are important for health policymaking. ..

Philippine Journal of Development

Pricing, Technology Choice, and Information in Health Care Markets

Jun 01, 2007

PJD 2006 Vol. XXXIII Nos. 1and2-f

This paper proposes a pricing model for health care markets wherein providers and patients play a Nash bargaining game. In this game, bargaining power..

Philippine Journal of Development

Poverty, Fertility Preferences, and Family Planning Practices in the Philippines

Jun 01, 2007

PJD 2006 Vol. XXXIII Nos. 1and2-e

This paper looks at the interaction of poverty, fertility preferences, and family planning practices in the Philippines using the series of nationally..

Philippine Journal of Development

A Better Start in Life: Evaluation Results from an Early Childhood Development Program

Jun 01, 2007

PJD 2006 Vol. XXXIII Nos. 1and2-d

Informed by a growing body of research showing that investments in early childhood health, nutrition, and cognitive and psychosocial development have ..

Philippine Journal of Development

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