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Understanding Household Demand and Supply of Water: The Metro Manila Case

Jun 01, 1996

PN 1996-04

While the government has taken tangible measures to address the urban water issues, there have not been adequate empirical analyses that can help in t..

Policy Notes

A New Vision and Credit Policy Framework for Financing LGUs Basic Services and Development Projects

Jun 01, 1996

PN 1996-03

This paper presents a new vision and the proposed policy framework for financing local government’s basic services and development projects. This vi..

Policy Notes

Housing Subsidies: A Closer Look at the Issues

Jun 01, 1996

PN 1996-02

To improve poor household’s access to housing, the government has provided subsidies to lower production costs and make housing units more affordabl..

Policy Notes

Effects of Congressional Budget Realignments on the Social Sector

Jun 01, 1996

PN 1996-01

In recent years, the lower house has slashed on debt service and other expenditure items. Analysis indicates that from 1994 to 1996, tertiary educatio..

Policy Notes

Perspectives on the Manila Action Plan for APEC

Jun 01, 1996

PIDS Book 1996-03

This document is the result of collaborative efforts among various individuals and institutions to discuss the Manila action plan for APEC. Highlights..

Books

Financing Social Programs in the Philippines: Public Policy and Budget Restructuring

Jun 01, 1996

PIDS Book 1996-02

This study has been commissioned by the UNICEF as part of its advocacy to promote the most responsive and cost-effective policy and financing o..

Books

Catching Up with Asia’s Tigers, Volume II

Jun 01, 1996

PIDS Book 1996-01

This is a companion volume to one that appeared in September last year under the same title. The first chapter presents an overview of the main findi..

Books

Catching Up with Asia’s Tigers, Volume I

Jun 01, 1996

PIDS Book 1995-02

This book comes at a most opportune time when the global community is faced with excellent opportunities for a freer world trade-a newfound open..

Books

Migration and the Environment: The Case of Philippine Uplands

Jun 01, 1996

JPD 1996 Vol. XXIII No. 2-f

Modeling the relationship between population growth and migration, this paper shows that destinations with higher average household incomes attract ma..

Philippine Journal of Development

Industrial Policy and the Environment: The Case of the Manufacturing Sector in Metro Cebu, Philippines

Jun 01, 1996

JPD 1996 Vol. XXIII No. 2-e

Some industries are relatively more harmful to the environment but industrialization has been a significant factor in Cebu’s environmental degradati..

Philippine Journal of Development

Extended Benefit-Cost Analysis of Management Alternatives: Pagbilao Mangrove Forest

Jun 01, 1996

JPD 1996 Vol. XXIII No. 2-d

Mangroves are important fish hatcheries. It prevents coastal erosion and provides timber resources. However, it limits land access to coastal and fish..

Philippine Journal of Development

Water Quality and Fisheries Issues Accompanying Population Growth in the Philippines

Jun 01, 1996

JPD 1996 Vol. XXIII No. 2-c

Fishing should be an employment of last resort. This article argues why through analysis of water quality and fisheries in conjunction to the role of ..

Philippine Journal of Development

Population-Development-Environment Modeling in the Philippines: A Review

Jun 01, 1996

JPD 1996 Vol. XXIII No. 2-b

This article surveys existing forecasting models in the Philippines and discusses several promising alternatives in the process of developing a method..

Philippine Journal of Development

The Philippine Population: 1980-1990 Selected Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics

Jun 01, 1996

JPD 1996 Vol. XXIII No. 2-a

This paper describes the Philippine demographic situation with a focus on the findings from the 1990 Census and the recent intercensal period (1980-19..

Philippine Journal of Development

Achieving Effective Trade liberalization in APEC: The Trade Limitations of “Open Regionalism”

Jun 01, 1996

JPD 1996 Vol. XXIII No. 1-g

Until there is a substantial degree of consensus over the strategic issues and a greater body of work on the issues of liberalization, trade liberaliz..

Philippine Journal of Development

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