Recent Philippine data indicate that the needs of the poor, which are met unsatisfactorily, include productive employment, access to quality education..

Mandated by the Philippine Constitution, agrarian reform is an intervention to promote social justice aimed by equalizing access to land. This paper i..

Asia is not only the most polluted and environmentally degraded region in the world, but it also houses the most number of poor households. Hence, the..

Infrastructure is a critical policy area affecting investment, productivity and equity within the aggregate strategy for attaining sustainable growth ..

The government has estimated big amount of money for building new housing units and renovation/upgrading of old housing units for the 1993-1998. The r..

The rapid economic expansion experienced by the ASEAN region has been dampened by the onset of economic crisis. In the Philippines, the crisis has bee..

The rapid economic expansion experienced by the ASEAN region has been dampened by the onset of economic crisis. In the Philippines, the crisis has bee..

From the provision of the Local Government Code, various LGUs have provided the housing requirements of the less-privileged sectors. This paper presen..

After the onset of the East Asian financial crisis, the interest in early warning system has been revived. While there are different causes to which c..

In the light of increased demand for basic services and sanitation facilities due to urbanization, devolution facilitates the smooth and fast delivery..

Due to the rapid population growth in cities and the rising cost of developing new sources of water supply, Metro Cebu has experienced an increasing d..

Government intervention is required to mitigate the pervasive market failures in the agriculture sector. However, government policies and intervention..

Over the past decade, Metro Cebu has been rapidly moving towards growth and industrialization contributing as much as seventy percent to Visayas’ in..

This paper is one of eight case studies in the health sector conducted under the project “Population and Urbanization: Managing the Urbanization Pr..

The recent currency and financial turmoil in East Asia have led to the evaluation of current financial and macroeconomic policies. The Philippines..