AS more Filipinos grow older, attaining the demographic dividend will remain an uphill battle and will cost the government trillions, according to the..

THE TAX REFORM for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law may have spurred economic activity with gains in employment and domestic output, but a state..

The Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) is one of the landmark promarket reforms implemented to achieve reliable and competitively priced elect..

An efficient regulatory framework is a pre-requisite for developing a services market that supports competitiveness and offers opportunities for expor..

The study assesses the impact of the first package of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (or TRAIN), which includes an increase in petroleu..

Despite the long tradition of decentralization in health care worldwide, there remains limited evidence on its impact on health outcomes. This paper i..

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

This paper describes an impact evaluation design for the CHED K to 12 Transition Program. It focuses on two of the biggest components of the program, ..

Key to achieving national targets under a devolved set-up is the capacity of the entire system to implement health and nutrition programs at scale. Th..

This study presents economic principles that might aid in rightsizing the government bureaucracy. Most of the literature on civil service or public ad..

This study conducts a systematic comparison for investments undertaken in 2008–2016. Across various assessment frames, the findings converge around ..

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure and services are necessary to spur economic growth especially in the digital age. The ..

The enactment of Republic Act 10533, or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, added two years to basic education. One of the rationales offered by..

The national government (NG) has spent nearly a trillion pesos on social protection programs between 2009 and 2017, but the seemingly hefty amount rem..

Despite the projected revenues to be generated from the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act, a study published by the Philippine Ins..