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The paper argues for increasing women`s economic opportunities in the APEC region and states that women`s participation in the economy is skewed towar..

"Big Data" has become a buzzword in business, technology, and science taking over the hype from "Data Mining" and other similar terms about the use of..

Private firms invest in physical capital and human resource but they are also advised to invest in innovations to be more productive and profitable. I..

Under the Aquino administration, premium subsidies on agricultural insurance have significantly increased, mostly due to the special programs being im..

The National Greening Program (NGP) is a priority program of the government that aims to reduce poverty; promote food security, environmental stabilit..

There is now broad consensus that the Philippines should aim to have a globally competitive services sector. Applying Porter`s framework on creating n..

The rice sector is regulated by the National Food Authority, with imports under a statutory monopoly. Consistent with previous studies done on the ric..

Financial protection of patients is considered a key component of health systems, and has been a consistent policy goal of the Department of Health. O..

The Complete Treatment Pack (COMPACK) program is a medicine access program designed to reach the poorest of the poor with complete treatment regimens ..

Catastrophic illnesses can push a household into poverty by causing unmanageable, or catastrophic, expenditures for their treatment or management. Kal..

The PhilHealth Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) project was launched in 2012 to help members and their families navigate t..

The main feature in this issue dwells on the critical policy issues in irrigation development confronting the agriculture sector. In particular, it di..

The government has decided to utilize the public-private partnership (PPP) program to help improve access to quality hospitals and health care facilit..

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly being utilized to meet development goals of many countries and there is much potential for PPPs to..

Education and learning depend on good health and nutrition, especially among young children. Thus, investments have been made for these two forms of h..