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One way to reduce medicine costs is to increase competition among manufacturers in the domestic market, said Gilberto Llanto and Ramon Clarete, presid..

I’m glad state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has moved into the needed objective and research-based analysis of..

MERELY allowing regions to hold on to their income “may not be enough to undo the huge imbalance in economic and human development” across..

During the day, cranes atop unfinished skyscrapers cast long shadows over the concrete jungle that is Bonifacio Global City (BGC). By nightfall, they ..

SOCIOECONOMIC Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia on Wednesday said a transition to a federal system of government would have no effect on the infrastru..

The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) remains confident that the shift to a federal form of government will not derail the Duterte ad..

The adoption of a federal form of government was a key campaign promise of President Rodrigo Duterte, a thrust reiterated in his first State of the Na..

This issue of the Development Research News deepens the discussion on federalism, a hot topic in the Philippines today. During the 15th Development Po..

State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the government to expand the pooled procurement of medicines and&nb..

State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the government to expand the pooled procurement of medicines and&nb..

Despite the enactment of the Cheaper Medicines Act in 2008, access to quality health care without incurring financial hardship continues to be an aspi..

The paper aims to consider potential benefits of federalism to the Philippines within the context of two major development constraints, namely, weak e..

The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Act of 2010, although substantive, is poorly implemented. This, according to a PIDS study..

The delays in government spending for the past years may stem from various reasons, with procurement as one of the major ones, a study by state think ..

Mark Thirwell, Chief Economist of the Australian Government's Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) met with Senior Research Fellow Dr Erlina Med..