This paper focuses on the impact of the trade reforms on performance, as measured by efficiency improvements and competitiveness of the shipbuilding a..

An accounting of the commodities ever subjected to import regulations shows that a significant number have been either restricted after being liberali..

Economic openness has been generally viewed as beneficial whether in terms of welfare or efficiency gains. While literature has incorporated that trad..

Recognizing the importance of an outward-oriented policy approach, countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines have liberalize..

Even with lapses in its implementation during the 1980s, trade reform has been continuously brought to the fore of structural adjustment program. It h..

Can a Third World country such as the Philippines take “shortcuts” from the agricultural stage to the post-industrial stage? The answer is ..

Dr. Josef Yap heralds the good signs in 1993 not just in Asia but in the Philippines as well. However, optimism should be tempered with caution..

No country is an Island. This is the message that the author wants to get across the readers as he explores ways of resolving domestic developm..

The Philippines is emerging from the social ruins caused by decades of economic mismanagement and political dictatorship. The government can no..

Water is a necessity for man and his industrial efforts. Hence, an intelligent management of this resource is badly needed. This article prese..

Opportunities knock only once, so the saying goes. The GATT has been on our doorstep for quite a long time. What do we do about it? The authors..