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Economic Reform and Macroeconomic Stability: A Delicate Balance

Jun 01, 1998

PN 1998-02

The Philippines has escaped the worst of the Asian crisis. It is now the authority’s task to ensure that reforms are not overdone with trade-offs.Po..

Policy Notes

Fiscal Policy: Some Difficult Choices

Jun 01, 1998

PN 1998-01

This issue suggests the need to give greater attention to and care in using tax expenditure policy to achieve several conflicting objectives. An under..

Policy Notes

Local Government Units’ Access to the Private Capital Markets

Jun 01, 1998

PIDS Book 1998-01

The passage of the local Government Code of 1991 has heralded a new era in local government credit financing. The Code has liberalized the credit pol..

Books

Public Administration Reform in a Transitional Economy: Case of Vietnam

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 2-d

This paper examines Vietnam’s institutional debates and reforms during 1987-1997. It maintains that the country has started “renovation process”..

Philippine Journal of Development

The Enviromental Impact of Economic Cycles

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 2-c

The rapid economic expansion experienced by the ASEAN region has been dampened by the onset of economic crisis. In the Philippines, the crisis has bee..

Philippine Journal of Development

U.S. Investors’ Response to Philippine Capital Market Liberalization: Evidence from the First Philippine Fund

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 2-b

This paper investigates the impact of liberalization of international investment restrictions in the Philippines on the discounts of the First Philipp..

Philippine Journal of Development

Water in Metro Cebu: The Case for Policy and Institutional Reforms

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 2-a

Over the past decade, Metro Cebu has been rapidly moving toward growth and industrialization contributing as much as 70 percent to Visayas’ industri..

Philippine Journal of Development

Simulating the Impact of Macroeconomic Policy Changes on Macronutrient Availability in Households

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 1-e

This study estimates a system of food demand equations utilizing nationally representative survey data. These estimates are then used to set-up a mode..

Philippine Journal of Development

Environmental and Natural Resources Management: Lessons from City Program Innovations

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 1-d

The enactment of the 1991 Local Government Code has brought greater responsibilities for local government units to manage their natural resources and ..

Philippine Journal of Development

Policy Responses to Future Population Growth in the Philippines

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 1-c

This paper analyzes future population growth in terms of its contributions to growth of unwanted fertility, high desired family size and population m..

Philippine Journal of Development

The Emerging Philippine Investment Environment

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 1-b

The change in the country’s investment policies has been a crucial factor in building up confidence in the country’s economic prospects. Despite t..

Philippine Journal of Development

Financial Reform and Development in the Philippines, 1980-1997: Imperatives, Performance and Challenges

Jun 01, 1998

JPD 1998 Vol. XXV No. 1-a

This paper discusses financial reform and development in the Philippines during the past one and a half decades and the challenges facing the financia..

Philippine Journal of Development

Local Initiatives in Health Service Delivery Continue to Evolve

Jun 01, 1998

DRN 1998 Vol. XVI No. 6-e

The article discusses the two approaches that emerged in addressing issues and problems surrounding devolution of health service delivery to the local..

Development Research News

Valencia Medical and Hospitalization Care Plan Share the Responsibility of Health Care Delivery

Jun 01, 1998

DRN 1998 Vol. XVI No. 6-d

The article features the implementation of the Valencia medical and hospitalization program. It discusses the benefits of the cost-sharing scheme as ..

Development Research News

Bukidnon Health Insurance Program Meeting Health Needs Through Cost-Sharing

Jun 01, 1998

DRN 1998 Vol. XVI No. 6-b

This article features the case of the Bukidnon Health Insurance Program (BHIP). It discusses the various programs successfully undertaken by the Buki..

Development Research News

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