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The Philippines is still primarily an agricultural country. Aside from the agriculture sector`s crucial role in ensuring food security for the Filipin..

This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at subnational levels. The results ..

Poverty incidence among population rose from 24.9 percent in 2003 to 26.4 percent in 2006 and then inched up further to 26.5 percent in 2009. Although..

Addressing gender gaps is a major development objective anywhere in the world. This paper aims to illustrate that this is far more critical in the pre..

This paper reviews the Philippine international labor migration management infrastructure using Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) framework. Thirty yea..

The Philippines committed to Millennium Development Goals and Education for All (EFA) targets that include universal primary education. However, vario..

Modeling of crop supply frequently adopts separate treatment of area and yield variables. The advantage of this approach is that it conveniently impos..

Amid the controversy and discussion regarding the potentials of the government`s 4Ps, this Policy Note provides some data that look into the program`s..

Highly unequal access to health services and the large share of household out-of-pocket spending in total health expenditures underscore the importanc..

The Global Financial Crisis of 2007 was one of the worst crises that hit the world economy since the Depression era. For the next two years, the crisi..

How significant is research and development (R&D) in the Philippines` overall economic development? What drives firms to locate (or not locate) their ..

What brings about the deepening poverty in urban slums? How does it compare with the rural poverty incidence? And why is it urgent that the urban pove..

The growth rebalancing model, which places the nontradable services sector on center stage, is important to spur on faster growth in this sector and t..

This paper reviews the current state of and challenges facing social protection in the Philippines. It describes the social protection institutions an..

The Philippines is a developing country with strong commitment to the millennium development goals (MDGs). However, it faces challenges in closing MDG..