Rightly or wrongly, some quarters cite management of government finances as one bright spot in the current administration’s economic scorecard. As i..

Former senator and now economic planning secretary Ralph Recto is voicing out concerns over the now controversial P52 billion Laiban Dam project in T..

The Philippines can learn a lot from South Korea’s industrial policy in terms of integrating small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into crucial growth..

This handbook is intended to assist agricultural extension workers in the Philippines in their efforts to collaborate with farmers so that the latter ..

This publication is a compilation of information and research materials on seasonal climate forecast (SCF) produced under the project Bridging the Gap..

One of the objectives of the evolving ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is to promote free investment flows and freer capital flows. By deepening economi..

How can our economy withstand the shocks of the recent meltdown caused by the global economic crisis of 2008? In this year’s economic outlook, PIDS ..

For the Philippines, quantitative policy analysis should incorporate regional differences in welfare and economic structure, which arise partly from g..

Rainfall variability greatly influences corn production. Thus, an accurate forecast is potentially of value to the farmers because it could help them ..

Seasonal climate forecast (SCF) is one of the tools that could help farmers and decisionmakers better prepare for seasonal variability. However, a clo..

The study aims to assess the impact of rising prices of rice and fuel on poverty in the Philippines. In particular, the variations in the potential ef..

This paper’s framework for GDP in chained prices yields GDP in constant prices as a special case of constant relative prices, i.e., these GDP measur..

This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing its mandates of buying high and..

The paper examines the progress being made in local finance reforms and indicates pathways to advance those reforms. A summary of the effects of decen..

In the face of seasonal climate variability, the smallholder farmers, particularly those in rural communities, are among the most adversely affected. ..