NEARLY half of all Filipinos are vulnerable to becoming poor due to various external shocks, according to a study released by the Philippine Institu..

There are very few for-profit business ventures that can eradicate Philippine poverty more effectively than agribusiness.  This is the thesis o..

THE decision of the Cabinet-level Committee on Tariff and Related Matters (CTRM) to reject the proposal of economic managers to cut tariffs on some ..

THE operability, more than the cost and risks of a shift to a federal system, is what concerns the country’s top trade official as he signaled..

Innovation is the synergistic use of resources, technology, capital, and information to achieve growth at different levels of the economy. Many studie..

The reduction of poverty is at the heart of the development agenda both nationally and globally. This is reflected in the Philippine Development Plan,..

Nineteen more groups have expressed their support for the economic managers and joined the call to Congress to carefully consider the costs of moving ..

More organizations have joined the call to the Duterte administration to weigh the cost and risks of shifting to a federal form of government, a group..

Hopes for rural prosperity clash with concerns over deficit and hyperinflation. A decade ago, Ian Funtalba moved to Manila to study geology, a degree..

A follow up meeting of the 2018 Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) Steering Committee was held on August 14, 2018 to update members about the pr..

This issue of the Development Research News (DRN) revisits the country’s social protection programs and provides strategies to further improve their..

Business groups warn lawmakers of risks, costs of new gov’t system INFLUENTIAL business groups on Sunday called on lawmakers to carefully weigh..

IN THE past years, the government has made attempts to improve the country’s educational system. In 2014, it expanded the age coverage of its c..

In support of concerns raised by economic managers, seven of the country’s biggest business groups yesterday called on legislators to weigh the ..

The groups 'echo the concerns of fiscal and economic experts about the ambiguous provisions on the division of revenue and expenditure responsibilitie..