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Assessing Rainfall Variability in Philippine Study Sites: The Rainman Application

Jun 01, 2005

ACIAR 2005 Vol. I No. 2

Provision of weather or climate forecasts is important because it enables policy/decisionmakers to implement alternative courses of action to mitigate..

Development Research News

SCF Project Launch

Jun 01, 2005

ACIAR 2005 Vol. I No. 1

This is the inaugural issue of the SCF Project Updates, the official semestral newsletter of the project "Bridging the gap between between seasonal cl..

Development Research News

Winning the Water War: Watersheds, Water Policies and Water Institutions

Mar 25, 2022

PIDS Book 2004-01

There is a water crisis, which is aggravated by a flawed governance of water resources. There is a need to empower local government units and communit..

Books

2004 PIDS Annual Report: Policy Research: Helping Provide Affordable Rice to Filipinos

May 13, 2015

PIDS AR 2004

Excellent. This defines the performance of the Institute in 2004. With almost 400 outputsâ€”the biggest number since 1978â€”to its name, the..

Annual Reports

LGUs Need Strong National Leadership in Population Management

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-12

Can LGUs succeed in managing their own population? They probably can, but they need strong national leadership in doing so. This Policy Notes asserts ..

Policy Notes

Measuring Bank Competitiveness: Has Financial Liberalization Increased Competition?

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-11

The financial liberalization in the 1990s appears to have aided the increase in competition among Philippine banks despite the increasing trend in con..

Policy Notes

Is the Promise Being Fulfilled?...Microfinance in the Philippines: Status, Issues and Challenges

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-10

Citing impressive gains in the last three years, the author points out the bright prospects for microfinance as a major source of financing for small ..

Policy Notes

Exploring the Philippine FTA Policy Options

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-09

The formation of free trade agreements (FTAs), both regional and bilateral, has been a worldwide trend in recent decades. With the failure of the two ..

Policy Notes

Fiscal Reform Agenda: Getting Ready for the Bumpy Ride Ahead

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-08

Given the present crisis proportion of the Philippines' fiscal position, this Policy Notes outlines the major areas of reform that need to be acted up..

Policy Notes

The Philippines' Fiscal Position: Looking at the Complete Picture

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-07

Everyone seems to agree that the Philippines' present fiscal deficit is its most pressing problem at the moment. What brought this about? This Policy ..

Policy Notes

Rural Finance in the Philippines: A Continuing Saga in Policy Challenges

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-06

How to frame efficient rural finance policies that would become potent tools for development remains as a challenge to policymakers. Over the past two..

Policy Notes

Can Group Credit Work for Housing Loans? Some Evidence from the CMP

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-05

In recent years, a number of lending instruments have been introduced and tried out in the area of housing finance. In the Philippines, a group lendin..

Policy Notes

Can the Poor Benefit from the Removal of QR on Rice?

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-04

What may happen if the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, which puts a limit to the volume of rice imports entering the country, is removed by the..

Policy Notes

Institutions and Water -- the Vital Connections

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-03

This Policy Notes looks into the current two-tiered system of water governance in the Philippines. It argues that despite the presence of certain nati..

Policy Notes

Bottleneck to Growth: Inadequate Infrastructure

Jun 01, 2004

PN 2004-02

For a country to become more competitive in today's emerging world environment and be able to capture new markets and investments, it has to have effi..

Policy Notes

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