The year-on-year headline inflation rate increased to 3.2 percent in July from 2.8 percent in June. This was due to higher annual increments regi..

THE GOVERNMENT will soon start consultations to identify sectors that stand to gain or lose from a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), ..

The Philippines is getting ready to start a new round of talks with the European Union on a prospective bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), accordin..

The monthly average peso-dollar exchange rate slightly went down to 42.7765 in June from 42.8515 in May. The country’s balance of payments posit..

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) recently revived talks on the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) through a forum with industry representatives an..

Weather and climate-related disasters cost the Philippines an average of US$240.7 million a year, according to a study covering 20 years of disasters..

Official data on grade level repeaters and licensure examinations show that some Filipinos are a persistent lot against all odds—mainly financial co..

The country’s balance of payments position remained in surplus in the first quarter of 2012 at US$1.2 billion. This was, however, lower by 64.4 per..

This second issue of the PIDS Economic Policy Monitor (EPM) focuses on education. It takes a special look at the sector`s achievements, direction, pri..

Conventional models predict that a rational farmer, given information of higher profits from a new technology relative to the old, would shift to the ..

The effects of rice trade policy reforms on household welfare, as indicated by changes in consumer and producer prices, are analyzed using nonparametr..

Land degradation in the Philippines is a serious environmental problem with long-term implications for the sustainability of agricultural production. ..

Various concerns have been expressed about the ability of the world economy to sustain the ever-expanding world population. This paper aims to provide..

The paper aims to complement the findings of studies on regional and industrial concentration in Indonesia`s manufacturing industry by exploring wheth..

If public-private partnerships (PPPs) are left unchecked and mismanaged, the Philippines could see its public debt increase again, according to a rece..