Cognizant of the country`s commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly regarding universal primary education (UPE), to..

Despite the improvement of the Philippine economy in the first two quarters of the year and signs that the third quarter statistics will also show gro..

IMF fiscal department advisor Kiyoshi Nakayama said that tax incentives are not the primary factor that influences investors. In the Philippines, he ..

A more competitive environment created by improved infrastructure, better education and the greater integrity of public institutions is a bigger facto..

Tax incentives are not the deciding factor that foreign investors consider when deciding to do business in a country, an official of the Internationa..

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint states the plan of ASEAN countries to unify into a single market and production base. A priority focus fo..

The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint targets an ASEAN single market in 2015. This is an ambitious reform agenda that seeks to ensure the free flow o..

The Mindanao electric power problem, which led to a crisis situation in summer 2012, is primarily due to inadequate baseload capacity and unbalanced g..

This paper describes concepts and tools behind macroprudential monitoring and the growing importance of macroprudential tools for assessing the stabil..

Since the global financial crisis in 2008/09 there has been heightened concern about the resilience of banking systems in Southeast Asia. This paper p..

This paper reports on the results of the review of the two major scholarship programs of TESDA, namely: (a) the Training for Work Scholarship Program ..

Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer especially lung cancer, which is one of the top four killers of Filipinos according to the Department of Hea..

MANILA, Philippines — The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has underscored the need for the Philippines to assess the impact of tr..

Regional economic integration should bring about more employment for less educated workers to achieve inclusive growth, said an economist. According t..

Exporters and private companies should boost their productivity to take advantage of the looming ASEAN economic integration in 2015, an economist said..