This issue focuses on three of the more recent studies completed by the PIDS fellows. The summaries presented under the Research Folio Series a..

After a series of launching, shelving and relaunching, critical issues now face the Tariff Reform Program. Rumors have it that a reversal of t..

Speaking on various aspects of issues related to public health, Dr. Metodio Palaypay analyzes the health situation in the country, describing e..

This article has been delivered by the author for the 1988 Florence Macaulay Distinguished Lecture on Asia and the Pacific at the University of Hawaii..

This article is a brief review of the financial position of developing countries in the international market. It offers specific policy proposal conce..

This article models the small LDC bankers’ profit maximizing and decisionmaking processes in addressing policy actions. Its implications are use..

This study analyzes the effect of the interaction between domestic indirect taxes and tariff system to the market of particular goods. Computation of ..

This study presents tax policymakers with a menu of alternative tax structures for the Philippines which will yield the best combinations of efficienc..

This article explores the extent of the cross-national result on the Philippine firm level through a sample survey of 100 local and foreign firms. Fin..

This article examines whether the ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements have increased the level of interdependence among ASEAN countries in the are..

The failure of the tertiary education to respond to the manpower needs of a technologically changing environment has been the concern of most social s..

With the objective of designing and implementing more effective policies and programs in the light of external shocks, this paper assesses the impact ..

The monetary approach to the balance of payments (BOP) takes the view that domestic credit is exogenous to BOP and that it is deteriorated by the exce..

The role of informal credit markets in the promotion of new technology has become significant given the shortcomings of the formal credit sector. This..

This paper provides an overview of the macroeconomic role and impact of Philippine public enterprises. In particular, it deals with its economic contr..