Keeping tax financing out of its economic-management strategy could cost the government its commitments on education, maternal and reproductive health..

PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) on Tuesday said there was `no undue advantage` in its recent acquisition of the operator of Sun Cellular..

How significant is research and development (R&D) in the Philippines` overall economic development? What drives firms to locate (or not locate) their ..

What brings about the deepening poverty in urban slums? How does it compare with the rural poverty incidence? And why is it urgent that the urban pove..

The growth rebalancing model, which places the nontradable services sector on center stage, is important to spur on faster growth in this sector and t..

This paper reviews the current state of and challenges facing social protection in the Philippines. It describes the social protection institutions an..

The Philippines is a developing country with strong commitment to the millennium development goals (MDGs). However, it faces challenges in closing MDG..

Labor force statistics is one of the key tools used by decisionmakers to gauge how well (or worse) the economy is doing. Thus, an understanding of the..

With a new government in place and amid all the developments that have taken place in the past two years and that are happening at the moment, what pr..

Government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) strengthens its contribution to policy deliberations by releasing its first ..

We use Bayesian methods to estimate a medium-scale closed economy dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model for the Philippine economy. Baye..

As a recognition of the valuable role of private sector in the healthcare delivery system, this paper attempts to collate vital information on private..

In an effort to complement the 2008 disability survey conducted in Metro Manila, the University of Tokyo and the Philippine Institute for Development ..

The Magna Carta of Public Health Workers (RA 7305) was enacted to ensure that health workers are properly compensated, thereby helping to promote bett..

One of the inaugural commitments made by the Philippines` new administration is the provision of quality and affordable health care for each and every..