This second issue of the Development Research News announces the revival of the Philippine Services Coalition that will study and advocate for reforms..

P-Noy doesn’t believe the sudden increase in prices was caused by production and supply problems. He told reporters in Iloilo that Agriculture offic..

THE National Food Authority (NFA) should really seriously review its rice-subsidy program, specifically on its procurement of the grain staple, a rice..

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decelerated in the first quarter of 2014. It grew by 5.7 percent, 2 percentage points below the growth rate during th..

Acting grains chief Francis Pangilinan is to import 200,000 tons more rice this year. This is on top of 800,000 tons that the National Food Authority ..

THE PHILIPPINE strategy for developing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been implemented with moderate success, a report from the Philippine In..

The ASEAN SME Policy Index is an analytical tool to review, track, and identify gaps in small and medium enterprise (SME) policy development and imple..

As the Philippines move toward the legislation of its comprehensive competition law, one important issue that has emerged is the interaction between t..

In the light of the weak performance of the Philippine manufacturing industry and the absence of structural transformation of the economy from agricul..

The government’s active labor market programs (ALMPs) have provided short-term job opportunities to disadvantaged sectors, but the country must map ..

AS the Philippines battled stronger typhoons and other disasters, the national government’s calamity and quick- response funds have at least doubled..

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines — The coconut trees are dying and the industry is under threat. The Philippine coconut industry is an export-oriented sec..

THE upcoming integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 provides vast opportunities for the Ph..

The Aeconomic integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations offers immense business opportunities that both the government and the private..

The right of the Muslims in Mindanao to create an autonomous region is guaranteed by our Constitution. The basis of this right is not only because Mus..