Data science and analytics (DSA) skills remain underdeveloped in the Philippines despite an increasing demand for DSA professionals with the advent of..

The coronavirus pandemic is exposing one of our greatest weaknesses as a society: the widening gap between the rich and the poor. With no end in sight..

As several countries have reduced tariff rates, other forms of regulatory measures that impact on trade have proliferated. These regulations, collecti..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies, a government corporation attached to the National Economic and Development Authority, in coordinatio..

“The Philippine education sector is plagued with a serious systemic problem that requires a systemic solution.” This, Albay Represent..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies, a government corporation attached to the National Economic and Development Authority, in coordinatio..

“Even though women have already attained a lot in terms of education, it does not get translated into their labor market participation.”&n..

The Philippines is slowly ageing. In a little over a decade, the country’s elderly will comprise at least 7 percent of the total population. This ri..

The study analyzes the efficiency implications of fiscal decentralization using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). It uses health expenditure (in per..

The Department of Education’s (DepEd) senior high school (SHS) program made a number of gains but also faced several challenges during the first..

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has identified priority areas that the Philippines has to improve on to be able to sustain its economic performance i..

Insufficient health budgets prevent local government units (LGUs) from improving health services in their respective localities according to a study r..

MANILA, Philippines — At least twice a week, Maria (not her real name) makes the effort to commute for half an hour with her two children—..

A PIDS paper noted that the different types of risk that societies face are so interconnected that when they occur, various shocks can impact an econo..

The implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) program is being hampered by a number of challenges. This was reve..