UCT - Matches

The industry’s lack of competitiveness, absence of economies of scale and a weak supply base are the fundamental issues that must be addressed in or..

Using a political economy perspective, this paper establishes the strong relationship between rice and politics and explains recent developments in th..

This paper reviews the current empirical literature on competition and market structure of Philippine industries. It shows that weak competition is on..

The Philippines has used the BOT law, as amended to motivate private sector provision of infrastructure. Using examples from selected BOT projects in ..

Illness or injury, death of a family member, man-made calamities and natural disasters have a devastating effect on those poor households’ cash flow..

A credible poverty measurement system is essential in order to develop the proper policy instruments for reducing poverty. Hence, the measurement and ..

This paper presents the evolution of major practices in Philippine rice production over the last 100 years. These practices evolved out of the changes..

Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to earn income in the future. In thi..

Recent controversies about certain government infrastructure projects, especially those agreed upon under the framework of the build-operate-transfer ..

This paper looks at the issue of reforming financial regulatory structures from the New Institutional Economics perspective. In particular, it examine..

This study aims to characterize and analyze the various contractual arrangements in selected agricultural commodities in parts of Central and Northern..

This paper aims to analyze how contracts are determined and modified given diverse agricultural settings and to examine the implications of these chan..

Contract growing has been defined as an agreement between farmers and processing and/or marketing firms under forward agreements, usually at predeterm..

This issue's main feature tells us that the smooth implementation of big BOT projects depends on carefully designed contracts. Using the challenging c..

The paper examines the effect of an RP-US FTA in the Philippine agricultural sector. Using an Applied General Equilibrium (AGE) Model, it analyzes the..