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Rates of Return to R&D Investment in the Philippines

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-24

This paper estimates the rate of return in investment in three major sectors: primary sectors which include manufacturing, construction and utilities,..

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A Second Look at Credit Crunch: The Philippine Case

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-23

This paper tries to verify empirically the claim that there has been a credit crunch in the Philippines since the onset of the Asian financial crisis ..

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Population Growth and Economic Development in the Philippines: What Has Been the Experience and What Must Be Done?

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-22

The paper reviews the continuing debate on the interrelationships between population growth and economic development with particular attention to its ..

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Productivity of Philippine Manufacturing

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-21

The Philippine economic growth has been highly unstable in the last 20 years. From an erratic pattern, it has recovered in the early 1990’s. Whether..

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Housing Policy, Strategy and Recent Developments in Market-based Housing Finance

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-20

The paper discusses current government attempts to shift to market-based housing finance in the context of the past performance of the government's ho..

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Private Sector Activities on Research and Development

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-19

This paper seeks to examine the various approaches to designing and evolving a technological strategy as an integral part of business study. Ideas of ..

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Agriculture Technology Acquisition, Development and Dissemination in the Private Sector

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-18

The study attempts to characterize agricultural technology, acquisition, development and dissemination in the private sector. Technologies extensively..

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Research and Development in the Philippine Fisheries Sector

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-17

This paper reviews the status of R&D in the Philippine fisheries sector and identifies the problems it is facing. It finds that fisheries R&D is gener..

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R&D Gaps in the Philippines

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-16

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth a..

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Study on Public and Private Expenditure on Research and Development: An Integrative Report

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-15

This paper puts together the key results and insights of various papers written under the project “Study on Public and Private Expenditure on Resear..

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Social Impact of the Regional Financial Crisis in the Philippines

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-14

The Philippines, having been integrated into the global economy, has not been spared from the financial crisis that hit Asia in July 1997. Pre-financi..

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Regional Economic Growth and Convergence in the Philippines: 1975-1997

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-13

This study is a quantitative assessment of regional development performance in terms of economic growth and convergence (described simply as the minim..

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Trade, Competitiveness and Finance in the Philippine Manufacturing Sector, 1980-1995

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-12

The East Asian miracle of the 1960s up to the mid 1990s and the East Asian debacle in 1997 put into perspective two crucial factors that affect sustai..

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Policy Adjustment to Exploit Opportunities in WTO, APEC and AFTA: Tradable Goods Sector

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-11

The fast economic integration of the world in the 1990s has brought new players, new products and new technology into the market, paving the way for i..

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Currency Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?

Jun 01, 1999

DP 1999-10

This paper reviews the arguments for and against the imposition of capital controls in the Philippines and discusses the liberalization process undert..

Discussion Papers

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