The paper presents estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) from 1967 to 2000. It was observed that while TFP growth was mostly negative in th..

The improved performance of the Philippine economy during the 4th quarter of 2001 has stirred analysts to forecast a more positive outlook for the cou..

Assessment of the fiscal sector performance in the last decade has often laid the blame on poor revenue performance to below-target tax collection per..

This paper presents one of the few empirical estimates of the impact of globalization, here represented by trade flows, on employment level and struct..

Regional development policy and practice took significant transformations over the last five decades. Its relevance has been challenged in recent year..

What is the command-and-control approach? How is it imposed as part of the country's environment policy? This digest briefly tackles these questions g..

The performance of the Philippine economy from 1987 to 1997 can be summed up in two statements. One, despite significant gains in almost all sectors, ..

One of the government’s major components in its poverty alleviation strategy is agrarian reform. While a number of reports have been published on th..

The introduction of the concept of a personal equity and retirement account through house bills number 2827, 28, 192, 1665, 1757 and 2648 has raised c..

For a long time, the command-and-control approach has been in used in the Philippines as evidenced by the decreed minimum parameter for the acidity le..

This issue identifies the best practices in maritime and nursing institutions in the APEC region to know where we stand. It also helps determine the c..

Managing Urbanization Under a Decentralized Governance Framework (Volume 1) is the first of two volumes on urban management. It documents the urbaniza..

Managing Urbanization Under a Decentralized Governance Framework (Volume 2) is a companion piece to Volume 1, which offers the institutional deta..

The study reviews small-scale gold mining in the Philippines and assesses economically mercury pollution and other development problems of the industr..

This paper examines the housing consumption pattern of Philippine households. Two basic issues are examined: one, how is housing demand associated wit..