This Policy Note explores the prospects and opportunities of a dynamic ASEAN-Indian trade and investment relation. Specifically, it analyzes the great..

Philippine industrial policies such as those bearing on the manufacturing sector are a critical element of the country's development strategy. Manufac..

MANILA, Philippines – Gender inequality hurts both men and women, with the latter shouldering extra weight. Latest government data shows that the Ph..

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) – Francis Garcia is an engineer in a small company that imports solar cells and assembles them into lighting systems ..

To give reprieve to the plight of persons with disabilities (PWDs), Senator Sonny Angara is pushing for the passage of a bill that seeks to exempt per..

The Senate ways and means committee has approved a bill that seeks to exempt persons with disabilities from the 12-percent value added tax (VAT) on ce..

Agriculture must get a significant boost in the next 11 months to prepare the ground for continuing inclusive growth in the next administration. Pres..

MANILA, Philippines - The year 2015 is the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations (UN). Set to replace them for 20..

President Aquino failed to address these, economists say: MANILA, Philippines – Restricted foreign investments, underemployment, unrealistic minimum..

WITH LESS than a year before the end of the Aquino administration, the government has yet to implement strategic programs for the chronic poor, who ar..

MANILA, Philippines - The move to shut down remittance firms in developed countries may negatively impact remittance flows to the Philippines but only..

The country`s gross international reserves (GIR) reached US$80.4 billion as of end of July. This marks a decline by US$0.2 billion from the end of Jun..

THE GOVERNMENT’S conditional cash transfer program has mechanisms for rooting out ineligible beneficiaries from its database, the Department of Soci..

RELEGATED TO the sidelines during the signing of the Fair Competition Act in Malacañang two weeks ago was an important piece of legislation with a hu..

These thoughts are being written on the weekend prior to the Presidents final State of the Nation Address (SONA)–thus purely speculative. By the tim..