This paper has reviewed four major developments in the last 30 years: the collapse of the Bretton Woods arrangements; deepening of economic integratio..

This study evaluates the absorptive capacity of a government agency for domestic and external funds. It takes the case of the Department of Public Wor..

In the Philippines, the Public-Private-Community Partnerships (PPCPs) are serving the poor with water through public faucets, group taps, bulk water, ..

Developing countries, still heavily dependent on agriculture, must now harness biotechnology to modernize agricultural production and diversify produc..

The enactment of Retail Trade Liberalization Act of 2000 (RA 8762), which liberalizes the Philippine retail trade business, was not based solely on th..

The paper examines the policies pursued by the Philippines in response to the increasing economic integration and interdependence of nations and regio..

Currency substitution implies the greater share of foreign currency in the asset holdings of domestic residents. Dollarization is the complete replace..

This study classifies the laws affecting the informal sector and assesses the extent of the empowerment of the sector based on the provisions in the l..

Waste disposal has been a problem for so many years and most of the solutions forwarded by our officials have been to look for a wide “acceptable”..

This paper has reviewed existing policies and programs to encourage banks to expand their financial services to micro, small- and medium-sized ent..

This book is a critical study on housing subsidies, one of the principal instruments the government uses to provide the lower income segment of the po..

Established in 1989 as an informal group in response to the growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies, the Asia-Pacific Economic Coope..

This paper attempts to approximate the competitiveness of the country’s ten leading emerging urban centers: Angeles, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Davao C..

Who should pay for pollution? This issue tells the readers who and why.

Globalization brings fears to the Filipino worker. The fall in protectionism and other barriers to trade contribute much to the uncertainties that wor..