Although justification for competition policies is well founded in the economic literature, there is a need to understand their implications more full..

This issue discusses whether or not there is a need to legislate a specific policy agenda for water governance in the country. The author assesses the..

One of the indicators to measure the performance of fisheries R&D institutions is their ability to publish, especially in refereed journals in their a..

To be of continuous and reliable service to poor families with small businesses, microfinance institutions (MFIs) must operate in a sustainable ma..

Global markets for goods and services have opened for countries that have made substantial investments in technological innovations in transportation,..

One of the ways to improve the administration of the value added tax (VAT) in the Philippines is through the development of industry standards against..

With the financial services sector integrating, the question being asked is: should regulation also do the same? Must the structure of the regulatory ..

This paper is an assessment of the constraints and opportunities for capturing the gains from the devolution of environmental and natural resource (EN..

If land-degrading agricultural intensification in uplands is driven by labor migration, what will be the effect of nonfarm employment growth? On one h..

Upland farmers have long been cast as key actors of deforestation, but in the wake of timber scarcity brought on by deforestation and logging restrict..

Do the most promising policies to promote sustainable upland farming originate at the local or national level? Will coordination of local and national..

This paper documents and analyzes interactions between environmental and natural resource (ENR) management research and local governance. It draws fro..

This short paper attempts to clarify some of the issues and provide suggestions for reforms in the fiscal incentive system. In particular, it focuses ..

Using panel data from about 1,500 farm households and estimating from a logit model, the study shows that agrarian reform has had a positive impact on..

Water plays an essential part in every economic activity and this is the major reason for competition in water usage as well as the basis for the gove..