Just as new Palace Assistant on Food Security Francis Pangilinan strives to snuff out the coconut scale-insect infestation, another fire breaks out. T..

A new study that addresses jobs expansion and development strategy was recently completed at the government think tank, the Philippine Institute for D..

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), represented by its president Dr. Gilberto Llanto, and World Bank Philippines, re..

The Philippines should implement strong medium-term structural reforms to ensure growth, according to an expert in international business and investme..

High local shipping costs may be attributed largely to the absence of competition in the local shipping industry, thus the need for a comprehensive re..

-- A competition policy for the rice and passenger transport sector is needed to encourage innovation and prevent cartels. This was stressed in a na..

The Philippine services sector needs an articulated and comprehensive national strategy to maximize its potentials as a growth engine for the economy...

The rapid appraisal is based on the interview of select players in various levels of the palay/rice value chain from Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija to Met..

This Policy Note discusses the rice value chain and how the policy on restricting rice imports impacts the various stakeholders in the chain. It is ba..

This article compares the costs and benefits for the government of leasing vis-a-vis outright purchase of motor vehicles. It presents two methods thro..

The study assesses the process of quick response fund (QRF) allocation, administration, and implementation under the various executive departments wit..

This special volume of the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is devoted to discussions and analyses of issues on the ASEAN Economic Community (A..

Economic growth in the Philippines has not been accompanied by significant improvements in employment. Government thus implemented Active Labor Market..

This two-volume publication of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN) is compose..

MANILA, June 9 -- TThe Philippines successfully hosted the first National Workshop on Services: Advancing Philippines Services Sectors in the Asia-Pac..