IF the government shifts funds for the conditional-cash transfer (CCT) program to boost productivity in farms, poor households not engaged in farming ..

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to facilitate the transfer of more than P1 billion worth of..

The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and economists on Wednesday expressed their opposition to the proposal of the National Food Aut..

The country’s largest labor group on Wednesday said the government should first address the so-called unintended consequences of the implementat..

In terms of gross value added in manufacturing, the food manufacturing industry (FMI) tops the list with about 50 percent of the manufacturing sector'..

This paper evaluates the implementation of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) K to 12 Adjustment Assistance Program, established following the ..

A NEW study has identified at least three essential elements for the success of agribusiness venture arrangements (AVAs) and sugarcane block farming (..

THE country’s economic managers renewed their call to Congress this week to pass House Bill 4904, or the rice tariffication bill, to amend the A..

Tax reform has undoubtedly coincided with a period of higher inflation risk in the country. Any man or woman on the street can tell you that the slow ..

A PIDS study found the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) has provided additional skills to its..

JICA is known for providing loans on a concessional basis, meaning interest rates that are below commercial market rates. The rates and tenor of JICA ..

Following Monday's barangay and SK elections, the business sector is hoping for the barangays' support in spurring economic development, being the sma..

IT’S nearing half-a-century and another administration, that of President Duterte, must still distribute hundreds of thousands of hectares of la..

Education and cash transfers are pro-poor programs that can help lift millions from poverty, but inefficient spending may cripple these programs, acco..

Investing in education promotes economic growth. This was according to Nanak Kakwani, a poverty expert from the University of New South Wales, wh..