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THE government should carefully weigh its policy options on “endo,” or temporary employment contracts (TEC), because immediately ending th..
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The global unemployment rate will increase to 5.8 percent representing 3.4 million people or a total of 201.1 million, according to the World Employme..
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Providing agricultural insurance to farmers and fisherfolk in the Philippines has been implemented for nearly three decades. While it is agreed that a..
Discussion Papers
Using the panel data for the Philippines in 2003-2009, the paper estimates a three-level random coefficient model to measure household vulnerability a..
Discussion Papers
HEALTH CARE in the country’s public hospitals is “compromised” by the maintenance of their assets, according to a policy note by the..
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Budgeting practices for the procurement of healthcare equipment are contributing to the deficiencies in equipment and deterioration of services in gov..
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MANILA, Philippines - The public health sector stands to benefit from special forms of public-private partnerships (PPP) especially in expanding the p..
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THE National Greening Program (NGP) generated about 3.3 million jobs in the first six years of its implementation, but continued to miss its target su..
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A comprehensive health plan must be created to clarify the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health system and in attaining universal ..
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This Policy Note analyzes government hospitals' capital outlay, specifically the budget for equipment used directly in health-care service delivery. I..
Policy Notes
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), a state think tank, has advised the country in a recent study to prioritize the role of servi..
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Due to various issues, such as lack of resources and administrative roadblocks, the Philippine government has turned to public-private partnerships (P..
Policy Notes
Years of rapid and indiscriminate logging of Philippine forests, coupled with little reforestation, have led to more frequent, widespread, and damagin..
Discussion Papers
Everyone has an opinion on how to solve the terrible traffic plaguing Manila every hour of every day. Many people blamed the behemoth cargo trucks ply..
Discussion Papers
It is commonly believed that mandating higher legal minimum wages (LMWs) is needed to help the poor earn a level of income that would allow them healt..
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