Given the statistics on hunger, the realities, and the nature of the Philippines as calamity-prone, and in the face of the 2016 elections, nutrition m..

Another study published by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) identified some serious technical problems and issues ..

THE Philippines needs to work on the global competitiveness of the country’s agricultural sector by opening up the rice sector to free trade with en..

There has been a growing recognition that large-scale gravity irrigation systems funded by public investments have performed poorly, and have not show..

Economists from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the University of the Philippines (UP) took turns discussing techniques in..

Despite rapid economic growth in the past years, poverty still persists in the Philippines. Investing in development programs such as the Pantawid Pam..

The effects of labor regulations such as the minimum wage policy should be considered if government is really serious about creating jobs and pursuing..

There`s a “glimmer of hope” for inclusive growth with the government taking steps particularly in the area of labor and industrial policy ..

Someone made the observation that in today’s tiger economies, governments roll out the red carpet to attract investors. Our government rolls out the..

The national irrigation systems that started operating in the 1990s showed even poorer performance than before, a study published by the Philippine In..

ALTHOUGH the Philippines is on track in achieving many of the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), inequities in accessibility, availab..

A study is batting for the enactment of laws on pre-disaster recovery planning (PDRP) which is a key component of recovery and rehabilitation of the ..

UNEQUAL access to health-care services will continue even if the Philippines achieves its health-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG) commitments..

INEQUITIES in accessibility, availability and affordability of health services across the country still exist, a senior research fellow of state think..

PROBLEMS, such as poor irrigation design, prevented rice farmers from fully benefiting from national irrigation systems, according to a study released..