A Leni Robredo-Sara Duterte combination winning in the May elections may be unthinkable to rabid partisans and most poll analysts, but with politics b..

Philippines Senate has deferred ratification of RCEP after Farmers and other civil society groups in the SE Asian country took cue from New Delhi's de..

NEARLY 40% of employed people in the Philippines hold academic credentials beyond what their jobs require, and earn only 5% more for the extra schooli..

ALL CANDIDATES for the May 9, 2022 elections promise better lives for Filipinos. However, according to a recent study of state think tank Philippine I..

Over a hundred economists, including some who served under the presidency of the late strongman President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., have thrown their supp..

MANILA, Philippines  – Presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo got the seal of approval of more than 160 Filipino economists..

Hello, PIDS friends! Here's our #PIDSFactFriday for the week on Filipino migrant workers.A PIDS study that looked into the access to social protecti..

It would be “more challenging” for the Philippines to reduce poverty and return to its pre-pandemic growth path with the COVID-19 pandemic..

This paper offers an overview toward assessing the implementation of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) or Republic Act 8435, the ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) will hold a public webinar on February 10, 2022, from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM via Cisco Webex.This ..

The government needs to rethink price setting in the public procurement of drugs and medicines.This was recommended by Philippine Institute for Develo..

The economic and health consequences of chronic malnutrition in the country are “too enormous and extreme” and need critical and urgent at..

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) social pension (SocPen) program has covered an additional 37.9 percent of the country&..

#PIDSInfoBits: Did you know that in the East Asia and the Pacific region, 50 percent of microenterprises and 59 percent of small and medium enterprise..