B - Matches

What caused the global financial crisis of 2008? What series of events led to the situation? This Economic Issue of the Day presents a brief summary o..

Microinsurance--insurance services for low-income households--has emerged as a phenomenon in recent years. This Policy Notes draws attention to the ne..

This paper distills some policy lessons from the financial services integration program in the European Union for East Asia. Focusing on the improved ..

Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty reduction, human development, susta..

So many things have already been written about the causes/roots of the 2008 global financial crisis that started in the US. This Notes adds its own an..

The fruits and vegetables subsector is a dynamic component of Philippine agriculture and has the potentials of fully contributing to the diversificati..

The prevalence of hunger in the Philippines prompted the government to launch its hunger mitigation initiative in November 2005. Such initiative consi..

This paper investigates the Philippine government's price stabilization policy for rice. Seemingly unrelated regressions are used to examine the effec..

When poor households face catastrophic events, they do not have any means for risk protection. Access to formal risk protection schemes such as insura..

How ready is the Philippines' automotive industry to face the zero tariff environment under the AFTA by 2010? And is the industry prepared for the glo..

Data users have been effectively accessing pertinent data from respective data generators, but the changing times and demands of globalization and inn..

Free trade agreements (FTAs) are seen to boost a nation's competitiveness in the global trade arena. Asia, albeit a "late bloomer" in initiating FTAs ..

This paper investigates determinants of shifts in living standards for Vietnamese households, measured by the difference in consumption at two differe..

The JPEPA one more time. This Economic Issue of the Day (EID) provides basic information about the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (J..

Using intensive interviews and observations and secondary data, the study looked at a local government agricultural extension service. It situ..