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IT all started with a despot. In 1972 former strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Presidential Decree (PD) 4, creating the National Grains Autho..
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The EDSA bus market is fiercely competitive. In theory, allowing competition among many bus operators is expected to result in cost-effective and reli..
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Even a whiff of corruption, I will fire you.” This statement and variations on the theme of the “whiff of corruption,” have become P..
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This paper investigates firm-to-firm technology and knowledge sharing in firms from the food
manufacturing sector. Traditionally driven by secret reci..
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It is widely acknowledged that technological innovations that can come from research and development (R&D) are crucial to industry competitiveness and..
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The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) started implementing the Agriculture Insurance Program (AIP) of the Philippines in 1981. Since then, ..
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There are many and varied government programs that target the agriculture and fisheries sector, especially the poor. For more efficient and streamline..
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THE PHILIPPINES’ temporary use of quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice was intended to avert a dampening of rice prices, but the threat of the..
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This is a book on the law of unintended consequences dedicated to students, thinkers, dreamers, or the ordinary pilosopo who are encouraged to discove..
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THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) wants 20 percent of the budget for the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to be used by mi..
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THE Balog-Balog Dam and irrigation project in Tarlac has not been completed, more than five decades after it was broached by the late Sen. Benigno Aqu..
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Revenues from the proposed imposition of a 35 percent tariff on rice imports upon expiration of the quantitative restriction (QR) – seen to reac..
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State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. or PhilHealth should cover more women ..
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A recent achievement of the country has not been given the consideration it deserves. This pertains to the increase in average real wages, which was a..
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Using a discrete/continuous modeling approach, this paper analyzes energy use and consumption in the Philippines within the context of weather variabi..
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