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Groundwater Supply in Metro Manila: Distribution, Environmental and Economic Assessment

Jun 01, 2001

DP 2001-06

Early studies on the groundwater supply of Metro Manila have indicated inefficient resource use that could lead to the eventual decline in the ground..

Discussion Papers

Metro Manila and Metro Cebu Groundwater Assessment

Jun 01, 2001

DP 2001-05

This paper describes the methodologies adopted and the results obtained in assessing the groundwater resources of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu. Also s..

Discussion Papers

Assessment of the Absorptive Capacity for Government and Donor Funding: The Case of the DOH

Jun 01, 2001

DP 2001-04

Agencies tasked to carry out a social agenda have distinct experience in the utilization of available resources. The issues that confront the DOH in t..

Discussion Papers

Dollarization: Concepts and Implications for Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy in the Philippines

Jun 01, 2001

DP 2001-03

Dollarization denotes the use of a foreign currency in any of its three functions: unit of account, means of exchange and store of value. In terms of ..

Discussion Papers

Estimates of Total Factor Productivity in the Philippines

Jun 01, 2001

DP 2001-02

The paper presents an updated TFP estimates in the Philippines. The present estimates were derived using a modified set of methodologies, thus may not..

Discussion Papers

Tracking East Asia's Recovery from the Capital Account Crisis: Analysis, Evidence and Policy Implications

Jun 01, 2001

DP 2001-01

The strong recovery of the five crisis-affected countries of East Asia between 1999 and 2000 has revived the debate on the causes of the 1997 financia..

Discussion Papers

Basic Education: Improving Quality and Quantity

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-20

Access to basic education has greatly broadened in the past two decades as enrolment growth in both the elementary and secondary school systems outpac..

Policy Notes

Managing Government Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-17

In order to encourage private sector participation in infrastructure development, the government provided guarantees to a number of infrastructure pro..

Policy Notes

Implementing the AFTA-CEPT Scheme: Will the Philippine Automotive Industry Survive?

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-14

Years of government protection, regulation and promotion through high tariffs, local content scheme and import restrictions have made the Philippine a..

Policy Notes

Tacit Price Collusion in the Philippine Cement Industry?

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-13

The Philippine cement industry was liberalized and deregulated in the late 1980s. This development subsequently shed off the industry's cartel image i..

Policy Notes

Exchange Is No Change

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-12

With the continuing and seemingly unabated increase in the prices of oil and oil products, the clamor for government to do something to alleviate the ..

Policy Notes

Improving Tax Administration: A New View from the Theory of Tax Evasion in a Corrupt Regime

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-11

Have the reforms in the country's tax structure through the years helped in improving taxpayer compliance? What has been the trend in tax evasion in r..

Policy Notes

Oil Price Increase: Can Something be Done to Minimize its Adverse Effects?

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-10

There seems to be no stopping the increase of the prices of oil products. With this certainty already considered a given, can something be done to min..

Policy Notes

Urban Water Pricing: The Metro Manila and Metro Cebu Cases

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-09

Water is a critical commodity for human survival and a scarce resource that must be appropriately priced to ensure that it is not wastefully and unsui..

Policy Notes

Protecting Deposits in Savings and Credit Cooperatives

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-08

Through the years, savings and credit cooperatives (SCCs) have proven to be effective in mobilizing millions of peso deposits from thousands of member..

Policy Notes

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