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How Are DOH Hospitals Funded?

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-15

How are government hospitals funded? What are the sources of their funds and how are these allocated to them? This Note takes a deeper look at this an..

Policy Notes

Supporting Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises: New Ideas from Taiwan and Korea

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-14

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in economic growth and development. For them to compete in the regional and global markets,..

Policy Notes

Investing in Local Roads for better Mobility of People, Goods, and Services

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-13

Quality local road networks are critical components needed in facilitating trade and movement of people and services. Constraints, however, are presen..

Policy Notes

Weather and Climate-related Disasters: the Cost of Inaction

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-12

The Philippines being geographically located within the typhoon belt facing the Pacific Ocean and close to the equator wherein it is susceptible to va..

Policy Notes

Addressing Constraints to Agricultural Finance to Boost Food Production

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-11

This Note discusses two major constraints to agricultural finance that hinder private investments in food production. The policy gaps that need govern..

Policy Notes

Localizing Child Protection: Does the Local Council for the Protection of Children Matter?

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-10 (Policy Brief)

Child protection pertains to “preventing and responding to violence, exploitation, and abuse against children.” More specifically, it encompasses ..

Policy Notes

Schooling Disparities: an Early Life Lever for Better (or Worse) Equity in the Future

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-09 (Policy Brief)

Why should we be concerned with education disparities? The short answer is that schooling disparities get translated into income and other social disp..

Policy Notes

Proliferation of Street Children: a Threat to the MDGs

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-08 (Policy Brief)

The abundance of street children in major cities in the country does not sit well with the country’s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals ..

Policy Notes

A Glimpse at the School Dropout Problem

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-07 (Policy Brief)

Dropout is a problem for many reasons. One, at the aggregate economy level wherein education is known to be an important determinant of economic growt..

Policy Notes

Children Suffer from Multiple Dimensions of Poverty

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-06 (Policy Brief)

Aside from the rising income poverty, it is a disturbing situation when about half (44%) of all Filipino children are living in poverty. The lack of i..

Policy Notes

Is PhilHealth's Sponsored Program Reaching the Poorest of the Poor?

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-05 (Policy Brief)

One of the key programs of the PhilHealth is its Sponsored Program for the less privileged wherein health insurance coverage is open to qualified indi..

Policy Notes

Hilots Getting on Board Facility-based Deliveries

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-04 (Policy Brief)

Skilled birth attendance (SBA) is helpful in reducing the risk of postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal deaths. The presence of skilled b..

Policy Notes

Examining Recent Trends in Poverty, Inequality, and Vulnerability

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-03

Despite the many propoor policies, programs, and projects instituted, the country's gains in the fight against poverty have still been modest. This No..

Policy Notes

Why Cement Prices Remain High despite Zero Tariffs?

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-02

Trade reforms, in particular reduction and/or removal of tariffs on imports, are aimed to bring about lower prices of certain goods. In the case of th..

Policy Notes

How Do Philippine Provinces Fare in Terms of Human Development?

Jun 01, 2010

PN 2010-01

Ranking provinces in terms of human development, which provinces fared well and which fared badly across time in each of the components of the human d..

Policy Notes

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