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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..

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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..

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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..

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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 ..

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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..

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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..

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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..

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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..

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Banning Commercial Foresting: What are the Costs?

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-07

The Philippines' forest cover has suffered from massive denudation through the years due to uncontrolled and indiscriminate commercial logging. Becaus..

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Defining the Agricultural Biotechnology Policy of the Philippines

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-06

Agricultural biotechnology offers a whole new range of possibilities to solving the problems that impinge on the productivity of the agriculture secto..

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Shifting the Country's Customs Valuation System to Transaction Value: What Can We Expect?

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-05

The study takes off from an earlier inquiry on the effects of HCV (home consumption value) valuation. This study is intended to assist policymakers as..

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Is LandBank EO138 Ready?

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-04

The recent reforms and development in the financial market necessitate the reexamination of the role of Land Bank of the Philippines. This issue argue..

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Mercury Pollution Due to Small-Scale Gold Mining: A Serious Menace

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-03

This issue suggests measures to address the problem of mercury pollution and promote better environmental management of small-scale mining. Utilizing ..

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Competitiveness of the Philippine IT Industry: What Lies Ahead

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-02

The long-tem competitiveness of the information technology industry is at risk despite its capacity to account for the large amount of the foreign exc..

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Hatchery-Bred Milkfish Fry: A Must for Fisheries Development

Jun 01, 2000

PN 2000-01

This issue argues that a hatchery-bred fry is necessary for milkfish culture to attain sustainable growth and international competitiveness in the fut..

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