As APEC provides venue for exploiting trade and investment gains in an integrated market, it allows the U.S. to strengthen its ties with the world’s..

The increased level of economic interaction in the Pacific Rim region has brought with it a corresponding increase in the number of potential trade di..

Until there is a substantial degree of consensus over the strategic issues and a greater body of work on the issues of liberalization, trade liberaliz..

This article surveys existing forecasting models in the Philippines and discusses several promising alternatives in the process of developing a method..

Fishing should be an employment of last resort. This article argues why through analysis of water quality and fisheries in conjunction to the role of ..

Mangroves are important fish hatcheries. It prevents coastal erosion and provides timber resources. However, it limits land access to coastal and fish..

Some industries are relatively more harmful to the environment but industrialization has been a significant factor in Cebu’s environmental degradati..

Modeling the relationship between population growth and migration, this paper shows that destinations with higher average household incomes attract ma..

While the government has taken tangible measures to address the urban water issues, there have not been adequate empirical analyses that can help in t..

This paper presents a new vision and the proposed policy framework for financing local government’s basic services and development projects. This vi..

To improve poor household’s access to housing, the government has provided subsidies to lower production costs and make housing units more affordabl..

In recent years, the lower house has slashed on debt service and other expenditure items. Analysis indicates that from 1994 to 1996, tertiary educatio..

This book comes at a most opportune time when the global community is faced with excellent opportunities for a freer world trade-a newfound open..

This is a companion volume to one that appeared in September last year under the same title. The first chapter presents an overview of the main findi..

This study has been commissioned by the UNICEF as part of its advocacy to promote the most responsive and cost-effective policy and financing o..