The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines contract farming as "agricultural production carried out according to an agreement between a buyer..

Any innovation that aims to solve the problems of access by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to finance must overcome three concerns. First, SMEs a..

The Philippines should join the UK and Japan in calling for a more focused development agenda. Otherwise, we may not able to prioritize actions to ens..

In the free-trade world, small countries like ours have little economic or geopolitical power. However, the fast-approaching regional economic integra..

The country can pursue a policy that will put a cap on capacity of Manila ports in an effort to address the impact of port congestion on businesses an..

An increase in world prices of agricultural commodities has nuanced impacts: good for the nation's economy but bad for the poor. Professor German Cal..

MOOCs can help make education affordable and accessible Massive open online courses (MOOCs) can be a good way to make education inclusive. Speaking..

The Philippines risks failing to fully enjoy the gains of its economic growth if the government does not adopt a strategic national urbanization bluep..

A recent study by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) found some promise in the government`s National Greening Progra..

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is holding a Pulong Saliksikan titled "Fed`s Monetary Policy and the Rising Dolla..

The government should continue its efforts to further enhance the utilization of free trade agreements (FTAs) especially by manufacturing and services..

ILOILO CITY, March 18 (PIA6) — It’s been about 8 years since leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) adopted the ASEAN Econ..

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Zamboanga Peninsula is banking on the development of its "champion” products such as mango, abaca and sardines to cash in on t..

The Philippine economy lost an estimated P43.85 billion due to the seven-month truck ban imposed by the city of Manila last year, according to a study..

THE Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to issue a uniform ruling for the return of all unused funds by governm..