Under the Common Effective Preferential Tariffs (CEPT) scheme of the ASEAN free trade, tariffs on ASEAN products will be progressively reduced to 0-5 ..

To face the challenges and exploit the opportunities created by the agriculture trade liberalization and the devolution of governance, it is important..

Establishment of an efficient water price structure requires an accurate water demand projections. This month’s issue points out the urgent need for..

To encourage private sector participation in public infrastructure projects, government guarantee has been utilized as an instrument to mitigate the r..

This issue evaluates the two proposed version of the Income Tax Bill in terms of revenue generation, economic efficiency and equity. It also attempts ..

This issue does not comment on the alleged role of microfinancial institutions in alleviating poverty. Neither does it discuss the supposed link betwe..

One key to international competitiveness is being technology adept. A country should be able to absorb, adapt and develop technologies that are better..

The textile-garment industry is a classic example of the challenge for Philippine agroindustrial restructuring. While the garment industry has been on..

Recently, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are acquiring relative importance in the Philippine economic setting. In the light of the need for produ..

This issue shows that Philippine labor has been relatively more expensive than the rest of its neighbors. If the country is to improve its industrial ..

Associated with industrialization is the aggravation of environmental problems. This issue looks into Metro Cebu manufacturing data to investigate ind..

If overfishing in marine fisheries is not arrested, the sector may experience unprecedented collapse. This issue attempts to analyze the implications ..

Environmentally preferable products (EPPs) are desirable because these do not leave adverse impacts on the environment and natural resources. While se..

This note presents a framework for agroindustrial restructuring for international competitiveness of the Philippine economy. It situates the agroindus..

Despite the government’s credit program approach, access of poor households to microfinancial services has remained limited. This paper explains the..