MANILA, Philippines — Using the cash assistance he got from the Makati City government, a 42-year-old welder — one of the many who lost th..

POLITICAL Science students would have vivid lessons on public governance as they read besides newspaper opinions, commentaries and remarks from reader..

FARMERS suffered P40 billion in losses while consumers barely gained any benefits in the first year of the Rice Tariffication (RTL), according to a st..

The government may cut back on or “unfund” some of the programs, activities and projects (PAPs) in the budgets of some national government..

As the country continues to grapple with COVID-19, a new brand of governance is necessary so that the country can survive and thrive under the “..

Local governments’ internal revenue allotment (IRA) will balloon to more than P1 trillion in 2022 as a result of the Supreme Court’s rulin..

State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has recommended the amendment of the Small-Scale Mining Act to formalize smal..

Transparency International (TI) has been fighting corruption for 27 years in over 100 countries. Here in the Philippines, I remember their prominent v..

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is currently revising the government’s medium-term development targets under the Philippi..

THE Supreme Court ruling that would lead to higher funds for local government units (LGUs) may prompt the national government to unfund P225.3 billion..

This Policy Note assesses the efforts of the government to formalize small-scale mining economy. Using the insights from national government agencies,..

The government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) has triggered severe fragmentation of agricultural lands, ultimately disempowering..

Brothers and sisters, since the beginning of the community quarantine in the country, brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, we have heard numerous t..

Hello PIDS friends! Here's our #PIDSFactFriday for the week on forest protection.A PIDS study found that the country’s forestlands have slight..