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

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..
Policy Notes

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

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 ..
Development Research News

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

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

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

Fifteen years into the implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991, now is an opportune time to assess how this landmark legislation has contr..
Philippine Journal of Development

The promise and potential of the Philippine economy has remained unrealized notwithstanding the country`s talented labor force, skilled professionals,..
Discussion Papers

A developing economy such as the Philippines has to create an enabling environment for economic growth and development. But how does one nudge forward..
Discussion Papers

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

The prevalence of hunger in the Philippines prompted the government to launch its hunger mitigation initiative in November 2005. The initiative consis..
Discussion Papers

Labor migration is a subject that is very familiar to most Filipinos. More than any nation in East Asia, the Philippines has the most number of migran..
Development Research News

This paper explores the heterogeneity of the migrant experience using the Bukidnon Panel Survey, which follows up 448 families in rural Mindanao who w..
Philippine Journal of Development

This paper proposes a pricing model for health care markets wherein providers and patients play a Nash bargaining game. In this game, bargaining power..
Philippine Journal of Development
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