Fiscal policy - Matches

Proposals to reform the personal income tax has gained prominence in recent months. To date, personal income tax reform is part and parcel of the plat..

Effective governance leads to economic growth. State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) President Gilberto Llanto said tha..

A study by the state development think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies PIDS) warned against moves to raise the value of East Asian c..

The policy loan granted to local government units (LGUs) by the Department of Finances Municipal Development Fund Office (MDFO) could be an effective ..

A study by the state development think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies PIDS) warned against moves to raise the value of East Asian c..

This second offering of the Annual Budget Analysis Series once again underscores the tight financial position faced by the national government, especi..

Aside from the corruption allegations against President Estrada, issues of fiscal deficit amounting to billions of pesos beleaguer his administration...

The government budget may be viewed as the financial mirror of society's economic and social choices, but does the budget contribute to the attainment..

This issue suggests the need to give greater attention to and care in using tax expenditure policy to achieve several conflicting objectives. An under..

As a lead story of DRN’s issue, Dr. Josef Yap provides an economic forecast for the rest of the year. The author claims that the fiscal secto..

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

Should the government play a major role or merely a spectator in the country’s economic growth? In this article, Dr Joseph Stiglitz, a respec..

This article presents an analysis of the fiscal performance of LGUs which shows that much is yet to be done to fulfill the Code’s potential. ..

This study looks at the status of rural nonfarm enterprises (RNEs) in the Visayas area. Descriptive statistics indicate that majority of the RNEs are ..

This paper discusses the policy regime that defines the revenue structure of the different levels of government during the period 1976-1991. It also a..