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This article deals with the concept of competitiveness. Competitiveness is technically a firm-level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the..

This paper describes some emerging innovations in microfinance observed in Southeast Asian microfinance markets that enable microfinance institutions ..

China's emergence as an economic giant in the past 25 years has dramatically changed the global economic landscape especially in East Asia. Should thi..

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This paper investigates the implications of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in December 2001 for the Philippines based on an analy..

Does the prevalence of child work or child labor encumber on the country's economic growth and development? This paper looks into the reality that is ..

A major theoretical as well as political approach to transport infrastructure investment and management is the idea that such services are public good..

In light of the latest developments in information and communication technology such as the advent of the 3G technology, it is important that the issu..

With the rapid advancement in information and communication technology (ICT) and the equally rapid spread of the Internet, a new system has emerged to..

AT THE RATE the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is growing, it will surely be the next big thing in this country. But a study by an economic..

Fluid politics, unbridled corruption and criminality could frustrate hopes of the Philippines to get the bulk of the developed world`s business-proces..

At the rate that the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is growing, it may indeed be the next big thing in this country. However, doubts about ..