This issue focuses on the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. It describes the conditions surrounding the phenomenon, explaining the circ..

This paper provides an overall picture of the Philippine business cycles covering the period 1981 to 2003 by characterizing them in terms of volatilit..

This issue sets to give the readers a deeper understanding of Philippine climatology by defining the concepts of weather and climate. It discusses the..

This paper introduces rice to the reader and analyzes the changes it has gone through these past 100 years in the shaping hands of varietal improvemen..

Rice innovations are technologies and practices extensively adopted so as to change production practices and productivity. This paper documents the ch..

Using a political economy perspective, this paper establishes the strong relationship between rice and politics and explains recent developments in th..

This paper presents a summary of the evolution of major practices in rice production over the last 100 years in the country. These practices essential..

This paper deals with a basic question: How central is rice to the Filipino, what are its implications for understanding the way we approach and regar..

This book examines the trends in Philippine banking regulation in the past 25 years. In particular, it notes that the Philippines has followed a polic..

The Philippines, through tourism, aspires to become a stronger player in the integrated travel industry of today. Yet, the country realizes that in or..

With the Philippines and Japan eyeing specific objectives for their respective long-term development goals, the proposed Japan-Philippines Economic Pa..

Following the global trend in using private sector participation in infrastructure financing and development, the Philippines has largely utilized pri..

This paper shows how large family size can be an important contributor to household poverty. It presents results from recent research by the author us..

This book, which is co-published with the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), provides a review of carefully selected literature and descriptio..

This paper shows how large family size can be an important contributor to poverty in the Philippines. It examines one of the mechanisms behind this li..