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Population and Poverty: A Review of the Links, Evidence and Implications for the Philippines

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-21

This paper reviews the literature and evidence on the population and poverty nexus. The paper situates the role of demographic changes in development,..

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The Poverty Fight: Have We Made an Impact?

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-20

The paper examines the performance of the Philippines with respect to the fight against poverty. It reviews the trends in poverty using the various hu..

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Education, Labor Market, and Development: A Review of the Trends and Issues in the Philippines for the Past 25 Years

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-19

This paper comprehensively reviews the developments in the education and labor markets in the Philippines in the past 25 years. It highlights the tren..

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Review of the Population Program: 1986-2002

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-18

This paper reviews the developments in the population program from 1986-2002. It summarizes the main components of the program as well as highlights t..

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A Review of Research on Population-Related Issues: 1980-2002

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-17

This paper summarizes the research on population-related issues done between 1980-2002. The review organized the research into the following areas: (a..

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Rethinking Institutional Reforms in the Philippine Housing Sector

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-16

Why have housing reforms failed to achieve the desired improvements in housing in the Philippines? A review of trends in government housing strategies..

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The Philippines in the Global Trading Environment: Looking Back and the Road Ahead

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-15

The government has implemented substantial trade and investment policy reforms during the last two decades following a three-track approach involving ..

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The Quest for a Better Environment: Past Experiences and Future Challenges

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-14

The persistence of serious natural resource depletion and environmental degradation means that much remains to be done years into the implementation o..

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Monitoring Economic Vulnerability and Performance: Applications to the Philippines

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-13

The recent spate of banking and currency crises has underscored the need to develop early warning systems. These are based on economic indicators of v..

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Efficiency and Expense Preference in the Philippines' Cooperative Rural Banks

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-12

This paper attempted to test whether efficient cooperative rural banks (CRBs) have a better control of their agency costs. We used two different conce..

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Estimating Industry Benchmarks for the Value Added Tax

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-11

Various indicators (e.g., VAT-to-GNP ratio, VAT evasion rate) suggest that problems in VAT administration have not only persisted during the 1990s but..

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Central Banking in the Philippines: Then, Now and the Future

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-10

The country’s central bank has a profound impact on the lives of all residents in the country. This paper attempted to put some policy issues on cen..

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A Perspective on Macroeconomic and Economy-Wide Quantitative Models of the Philippines: 1990-2002

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-09

Criticism against large-scale macroeconometric models built in the tradition of the Cowles Commission approach began to mount in the late 1960s. These..

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Governance in Southeast Asia: Issues and Options

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-07

This paper attempts to analyze governance systems in Southeast Asia and proposes some policy suggestions that can improve governance practices in the..

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Development of Tax Forecasting Models: Corporate and Individual Income Taxes

Jun 01, 2002

DP 2002-06

Assessment of the fiscal sector performance in the last decade has often laid the blame on poor revenue performance to below-target tax collection per..

Discussion Papers

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