Slapping an import tariff of 35 percent on rice imports alongside reforms in the agency mandated to stabilize both the supply and prices of the Filipi..

The Philippines must rethink certain regulations on employment and should modernize social security systems to produce a generation of globally-compet..

RESTRICTIVE labor market laws prevent micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from flourishing despite the various fiscal incentive programs the g..

Reactions from Foundation for Economic Freedom friends include: “What happened next was so predictable” to “occupy Forbes Park!&rdqu..

Despite the strong interest among micro-small and medium entrepreneurs in the Philippines to expand and employ more people, this opportunity is missed..

The Philippine policy system is marred by legislations and policies that are well-meaning but fail to serve their purpose. More often than not, they l..

Using a purposive online and paper-based survey and focus group discussions with select target groups, this study makes inferences about the level of ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) urged the government not to revive publicly owned bus lines, such as the “Love Bus&rdquo..

The government’s policy on rice continues to be stuck on self-sufficiency and a conflicted practice on importation despite recommendations from ..

IT all started with a despot. In 1972  former strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Presidential Decree (PD) 4, creating the National Grains Autho..

The EDSA bus market is fiercely competitive. In theory, allowing competition among many bus operators is expected to result in cost-effective and reli..

Recent development in the global economy, particularly the withdrawal of the United States (US) from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), leaves the P..

Even a whiff of corruption, I will fire you.” This statement and variations on the theme of the “whiff of corruption,” have become P..

This paper investigates firm-to-firm technology and knowledge sharing in firms from the food manufacturing sector. Traditionally driven by secret reci..

It is widely acknowledged that technological innovations that can come from research and development (R&D) are crucial to industry competitiveness and..