Financing of education in the Philippines is mainly by the government (public) and by households (private), and since the 1990s there has been a shift..

This paper describes the revised national level estimates of the 2007 Philippines NTA. The differences between the previous and the revised 2007 Phili..

As the country`s growth is driven more and more by services, there is some effort to rekindle the strength of the manufacturing sector which has langu..

Several months after starting the industry road maps project, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in cooperation with the Philippine Institute ..

The Department of Trade and Industry will come up by the first quarter next year a comprehensive industrial development masterplan that would specify ..

More efficient public goods and services and a more business-friendly environment could help eradicate corruption in the country, an economist said at..

Poverty incidence in the Philippines is rising based on the national official data released by the National Statistical Coordination Board. Poverty in..

The role of education in economic development is widely acknowledged. It increases the innovative capacity of an economy and facilitates the diffusion..

This Policy Note assesses whether the rice self-sufficiency target can be attained and sustained at reasonable cost. The assessment is based on two ap..

One of the major challenges in the Philippine health sector is to secure adequacy of appropriate health facilities. To address this problem, the Healt..

This study proposes a set of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of agricultural policy, patterned after the support estimates of the Organizatio..

This study examines the performance of the National Food Authority (NFA) with respect to its function of price stability and implications for public f..

This study attempts to measure subsidies to agricultural credit in recent years and provides policy implications. It finds that credit policy has evol..

The Philippines` robust services sector must be coupled with a vibrant manufacturing sector to achieve inclusive growth in the country, an economist a..

Openness to foreign labor reflects Singapore`s overall open economic policies and lack of xenophobia as well as a tight labor market as a result of ro..