THE country’s economic managers renewed their call to Congress this week to pass House Bill 4904, or the rice tariffication bill, to amend the A..

Tax reform has undoubtedly coincided with a period of higher inflation risk in the country. Any man or woman on the street can tell you that the slow ..

A PIDS study found the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) has provided additional skills to its..

JICA is known for providing loans on a concessional basis, meaning interest rates that are below commercial market rates. The rates and tenor of JICA ..

Following Monday's barangay and SK elections, the business sector is hoping for the barangays' support in spurring economic development, being the sma..

IT’S nearing half-a-century and another administration, that of President Duterte, must still distribute hundreds of thousands of hectares of la..

Education and cash transfers are pro-poor programs that can help lift millions from poverty, but inefficient spending may cripple these programs, acco..

Investing in education promotes economic growth. This was according to Nanak Kakwani, a poverty expert from the University of New South Wales, wh..

The government should consider slowing down the implementation of the PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to make sure only the poor benefit from..

The government should consider slowing down the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to make sure only the poor benefit fro..

Every administration has high aspirations of making our country self-sufficient in rice. This is understandable, considering that we are a rice-consum..

THE national government should consider slowing down the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to plug leakages, according t..

A GOVERNMENT think tank said a foreign expert is calling for a review of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to ensure that only the intended ..

THE GOVERNMENT should revisit its conditional cash transfer program to ensure that they are given only to those who need them, an expert said. &ldquo..

The government should consider slowing down the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to make sure only the poor benefit fro..