PIDS - Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Quick Links

How to order publications Rate our publications

All Publications

What are you looking for? Refine results by category, focus area, or year of publication.

Title or Keyword

Author

Category

Focus Area

Year

Showing 1,801-1,815 of 3,001 items.

Fiscal Incentives Revisited

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-18

Pointing out that fiscal incentives have costs that must be compensated by net benefits to society, this Policy Notes recommends a revisit of the gove..

Policy Notes

Industry Benchmarking for Improved VAT Administration

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-17

One of the ways to improve the administration of the value added tax (VAT) in the Philippines is through the development of industry standards against..

Policy Notes

Effecting Efficiency to Sustain MFIs: The Case of Cooperative Rural Banks

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-16

To be of continuous and reliable service to poor families with small businesses, microfinance institutions (MFIs) must operate in a sustainable ma..

Policy Notes

The Philippine Fisheries R&D Institutions: A Look at Their Publication Record

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-15

One of the indicators to measure the performance of fisheries R&D institutions is their ability to publish, especially in refereed journals in their a..

Policy Notes

Explaining the Decline in Tax Effort

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-14

With the continuing deterioration of the Philippine government's fiscal position in the past few years, it is important to arrest the undeterred contr..

Policy Notes

Does Domestic Regulation Promote Globally Competitive Filipino Professionals and Educational Services?

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-12

Almost every country has its own set of domestic regulations that determine how easy or difficult it is to pursue a freer movement in the trade of ser..

Policy Notes

A Second Look at Institutional Reforms in the Housing Sector

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-11

Despite the long list of policy instruments adopted by the Philippine government through the years to improve the country's housing situation, very li..

Policy Notes

Using Community-Generated Data for Water Management Policy

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-10

This Policy Notes documents the experience of Lantapan, a watershed community in Bukidnon, where data collected by a community-based group to monitor ..

Policy Notes

Why Watershed-Based Water Management Makes Sense

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-09

Due to the alarming increase in the scarcity of water in various parts of the world, there is a growing recognition from the supply side that efforts ..

Policy Notes

Rice Policy Reforms in the Philippines: A Political Economy Perspective

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-08

Changing leaders, changing styles, changing programs--this in a way sums up why policy reforms somehow get delayed and, at times, derailed often at th..

Policy Notes

Can the Philippines' Human Resource Base Meet the Challenge of a Liberalized Financial Sector?

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-07

Is the Philippines ready to face foreign competition in the financial sector? Does it have enough supply of professionals who are capable of meeting t..

Policy Notes

Has Foreign Entry Made Domestic Banks More Efficient?

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-06

Has foreign entry indeed made domestic banks more efficient? Unite's and Sullivan's study, based on a sample of 16 expanded commercial banks (ECBs) an..

Policy Notes

Philippine Maritime and Nursing Education: Benchmarking With APEC Best Practices

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-05

This issue identifies the best practices in maritime and nursing institutions in the APEC region to know where we stand. It also helps determine the c..

Policy Notes

Setting Quality Standards for Environmental Management Policy: How Effective Is It?

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-03

For a long time, the command-and-control approach has been in used in the Philippines as evidenced by the decreed minimum parameter for the acidity le..

Policy Notes

A Macroeconomic Evaluation of the Proposed PERA Act

Jun 01, 2002

PN 2002-02

The introduction of the concept of a personal equity and retirement account through house bills number 2827, 28, 192, 1665, 1757 and 2648 has raised c..

Policy Notes

Showing 1,801-1,815 of 3,001 items.