The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2004 the International Year of the Rice (IYR). The IYR is a venue to promote improved production and ..

In the Philippines, one major problem is the continuous rise of unemployment. This article which is a condensed version of Dr. Gerardo Sicat's paper w..

Year-on-year headline inflation rate went up to 4.1 percent in April from 3.8 percent in March. The monthly average exchange rate went down from P..

The January 2004 Labor Force Survey results recorded a labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 67.2 percent. The unemployment rate was estimated ..

The monthly average exchange rate for February is P56.1 per US dollar, higher than January`s P55.5. The 1994-based year-on-year headline inflatio..

The 1994-based year-on-year headline inflation rate went up to 3.4 percent in January from 3.1 percent in December. On the other hand, the 2000-base..

Year-on-year inflation decelerated to 3.1 percent in December from 3.3 percent in November. The average inflation rate for the year 2003 was 3.1 ..

Year-on-year inflation rate slightly decelerated to 2.9 percent in September from 3.0 percent in August. Composite Index closes at 1,297.42 for ..

The 91-day Treasury bill rate for the month of August was 5.225 percent, the lowest since January of 2003. The Peso-Dollar exchange rate has avera..

Gross Domestic Product registered a growth of 4.4 percent in 2002 from its 3 percent growth in 2001. All regions exhibited growth for 2002 except CAR..

Year-on-year inflation rate increased to 3.4 percent in June from 2.7 percent in May. Composite Index closes at 1,222.80 for the month of June. ..

Year-on-year inflation rate decelerated to 2.7 percent in May from 2.8 percent in April. Composite Index closes at 1,073.69 for the month of May...

Tariff reform, particularly tariff reduction, is one of the major economic reforms implemented in the last one and half decades in the Philippines. Th..

East Asia has been caught with regionalism in recent years. There has been a proliferation of bilateral and regional trading arrangement initiatives a..

The paper discusses critical land issues in the Philippines and assesses the integration of those issues in the national development agenda and povert..