This article examines the politico-strategic motivations of the Bush Administration’s efforts to foster free trade agreements (FTAs) to a number of ..

This is the inaugural issue of the SCF Project Updates, the official semestral newsletter of the project "Bridging the gap between between seasonal cl..

The government think tank, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), has named Josef T. Yap as president of the Institute effective April..

The 2003 functional literacy rate (84.1 percent)is similar that of 1994 (83.8 percent). Among the regions, NCR had the highest rate (94.6 percent), ..

The monthly average exchange rate went down from P55.766/dollar in January to P54.813 per US dollar in February, 2005. Year-on-year headline infla..

Economic experts on Wednesday warned that the lingering fiscal crisis stands in the way of the Philippine government in achieving the ambitious Mille..

THE domestic economy would grow by 5.6 percent only this year owing to the decline in consumer expenditure because of higher taxes and fuel prices, ..

The country will see a slower growth of 5.6% in 2005 due to higher taxes, high fuel prices as well as the absence of last year`s heavy election spen..

The boom-bust cycle of economic growth, coupled with weak poverty alleviation programs, have contributed to the government`s failure to significantly ..

Economists are cautiously optimistic about the prospects of a bilateral free-trade agreement (FTA) between Manila and Washington. Government negotiat..

THE government expects to sign the country’s first bilateral trade agreement, or the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), by J..

The Philippine economic team is suffering from a bout of contagion. No, not the type related to meningococcemia or avian influenza. A sense of euphor..

Gross Dimestic Product (GDP) accelerated by 6.1 percent, from 4.7 percent in 2003. With the moderate growth of 4.9 percent in Net Factor Income from..

The country’s economic growth, which drew much of its steam from the resurgent world economy last year, is seen to be restrained by the same extern..

Year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level picked up by 0.3 percentage point to 7.9 percent in December from 7.6 percent in November..