A study undertaken recently by a state-owned think tank linked the quality of roads to the level of poverty. Despite the presence of many slum areas,..

Budget Secretary Florencio B. Abad stuck to the government`s 5 to 6 percent growth target for 2012, citing investor confidence, a low base of compari..

THE administration`s continued inaction on some pressing problems of the country will result in more school drop outs. Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatin..

This paper tries to characterize the current situation in the Philippines with respect to the goal of the Aquino administration to be food secure and ..

Food is a fundamental biological need. Everyone must consume a certain amount of food everyday to maintain physical well-being and daily functioning. ..

For the 9th commemoration of the Development Policy Research Month (DPRM), the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) chose the theme "Ba..

Despite the efforts of the new administration to live up to its vow of "Daang Matuwid" (straight or noncrooked path) and in turn, gaining positive res..

Amid rising international crude oil prices that have once again breached the US$100 per barrel mark and sparked calls for a return to government regul..

The United Nations has met two of its eight development goals, well ahead of the 2015 deadline. Six goals are left. The first goal, to halve the numb..

The Philippines` geographical location makes it a disaster-prone country. In the Southeast Asian region, it ranks the highest in terms of the multiple..

With Southeast Asian countries like Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Viet Nam experiencing the increasing occurrence of weather and ..

Angara noted a recent study from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies showing that the country stands to gain more economic benefit from ..

The PIDS study titled “Rationalizing National Government Subsidies for State Universities and Colleges” authored by Senior Fellow Rosario G. Manas..

DISBURSEMENTS OF foreign aid rose last year, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said, even as it noted a drop in total foreign len..

The monthly average peso-dollar exchange rate went down to 42.6608 in February from 43.6190 in January. The year-on-year inflation rate furt..