Rice - Matches

The effects of rice trade policy reforms on household welfare, as indicated by changes in consumer and producer prices, are analyzed using nonparametr..

Conventional models predict that a rational farmer, given information of higher profits from a new technology relative to the old, would shift to the ..

This paper tries to characterize the current situation in the Philippines with respect to the goal of the Aquino administration to be food secure and ..

Amid rising international crude oil prices that have once again breached the US$100 per barrel mark and sparked calls for a return to government regul..

Are the Philippines` policies for rice self-sufficiency still appropriate at this time? Are they tenable? This Policy Note provides some answers.

Aggregate labor productivity (ALP) growth--i.e., growth of output per unit of labor--may be decomposed into additive contributions due to within-secto..

In current practice in all countries, subaggregate chained volume measures (CVMs) are not weighted and, thus, not additive. However, weights are neces..

In current practice, subaggregate chained volume measures (CVMs) are neither weighted nor additive. This paper derives and implements "weights" for we..

Changing the base year (1985) of Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) in constant prices could change the growth rate and the shares of components ..

Trade reforms, in particular reduction and/or removal of tariffs on imports, are aimed to bring about lower prices of certain goods. In the case of th..

In the Philippines, importation has remained as one of the most feasible options for the government to meet the growing demand for rice. It is thus im..

Are price controls the best answer to alleviating consumer pains in the face of rising prices of basic commodities and services? Do they help the econ..

The study aims to assess the impact of rising prices of rice and fuel on poverty in the Philippines. In particular, the variations in the potential ef..

This paper’s framework for GDP in chained prices yields GDP in constant prices as a special case of constant relative prices, i.e., these GDP measur..

This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing its mandates of buying high and..