This paper focuses on the legal environment, particularly the insolvency system, that would influence the success of Philippine Special Purpose Vehicl..

The Philippines, with its archipelagic physical character, requires an efficient maritime transport infrastructure to facilitate and foster growth and..

The paper analyzes the impact of major policy changes on banking structure, performance and competition, using bank-specific data from 1990-2002. We f..

Why have housing reforms failed to achieve the desired improvements in housing in the Philippines? A review of trends in government housing strategies..

Why has the Philippines not been getting a larger slice of the Japanese market as compared with other ASEAN countries and with China? What factors pre..

This study confines on the relevance of Islamic economy to global trade, investment and industry in Muslim Filipino areas. It is useful, valuable and ..

The study aimed at determining the effects of global economic liberalization on manufacturing industries in Muslim areas in the Philippines. A total o..

The increasing demands and expectations placed upon the Philippine bureaucracy by a redemocratizing society are further amplified by the strengthening..

What does 2005 hold for Filipinos? As always, PIDS Senior Research Fellow Dr. Josef Yap provides another forecast for 2005 in this issue. He talks abo..

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..