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Tax Effort: Going Down...Down...

Jun 01, 2003

DRN 2003 Vol. XXI No. 2

It cannot be denied that tax evasion remains to be one of the biggest sources of the continuing decline in the country's tax effort. What has the gove..

Development Research News

Economy to Plateau in 2003

Jun 01, 2003

DRN 2003 Vol. XXI No. 1

What will 2003 offer for the Philippine economy? Will this be another year of struggle for the whole nation? Or will there be plenty of opportunities ..

Development Research News

Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) Expenditures, 1998 and 2000

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-22

This paper presents the first attempt at estimating the expenditures on the Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) for 1998 and 2000. It iden..

Discussion Papers

Strengthening Bilateral Trade and Investment Relationship Between Latin America and the Philippines: Beyond Economic Diplomacy

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-21

Trade with nontraditional and distant markets has always been regarded as worth exploring in an effort to increase market shares amidst the downside e..

Discussion Papers

Globalization and State Capacity: The Philippines

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-20

The arrival of globalization has brought about a lot of challenges for nations to meet. This paper takes a look at the capability of the Philippine st..

Discussion Papers

Financial and Monetary Cooperation in ASEAN

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-19

One result of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis was greater awareness of the need for closer financial and monetary cooperation. This paper makes a..

Discussion Papers

An Evaluation of the Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP)

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-18

Early child-bearing and high fertility still persist especially among the poor, despite the more than two decades of family planning program implement..

Discussion Papers

Analysis of the President's Budget for 2004: Looking for the Complete (Fiscal) Picture

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-17

The President’s Budget for 2004 is the administration’s last prior to the forthcoming presidential elections in May 2004. Thus, it is but timely t..

Discussion Papers

Regulatory Policies and Reforms in the Power and Downstream Oil Industries

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-16

This paper looks at the regulatory reforms in the electricity and downstream oil industries, two important inputs to the production process that were ..

Discussion Papers

Analyzing the Impact of Philippine Tariff Reform on Unemployment, Distribution and Poverty Using CGE-Microsimulation Approach

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-15

This paper examines the effects of the reduction in tariff rates in the Philippines from 1994 to 2000 on unemployment, distribution and poverty using ..

Discussion Papers

Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Outcomes, Utilization and Access to Services by Asset Quintile: New Evidence from the FPS and MCHS

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-14

This paper addresses the lack of information on the disparity of outcomes, utilization and access to Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health ser..

Discussion Papers

State of Competition in the Insurance Industry: Selected Asian Countries

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-13

This paper is a preliminary review of the state of competition in the insurance industry of selected Asian countries. In particular, it explores how c..

Discussion Papers

Rural Finance and Microfinance Development in Transition Countries in Southeast and East Asia

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-12

Microfinance is an emerging important financial subsector in Asian transition countries. Its role is to improve financial access of the poor and small..

Discussion Papers

Innovations in Microfinance in Southeast Asia

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-11

This paper describes some emerging innovations in microfinance observed in Southeast Asian microfinance markets that make it possible for microfinance..

Discussion Papers

The Output Gap and Its Role in Inflation-Targeting in the Philippines

Jun 01, 2003

DP 2003-10

The output gap is the difference between the economy’s actual output and potential output, with the latter being the level of production consistent ..

Discussion Papers

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