WITH the Philippines needing to do much more before the Asean Economic Community takes effect in 2015, local stakeholders hope to prepare themselves b..

Despite the wider of spread growth and more advanced technology seen in the next years, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said t..

Government think-tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has urged for a strong government support, including the grant of fiscal and..

The Universal Health Care Program is anchored on three areas: (a) financial risk protection through expansion in enrollment and benefit delivery of th..

To fully brace for the ASEAN integration and to be able to compete head-on against the neighboring countries in the region, the Philippines must take ..

With the higher economic growth of the economy, the government is urged to allocate bigger budget for healthcare services and enable this sector to co..

The country`s year-on-year headline inflation rate rose to 2.9 percent in October from 2.7 percent in September. The National Statistics Office (NSO) ..

Global experience in regional energy market integration presents broad elements of integration, i.e., binding agreements, physical infrastructure, sta..

Based on available statistics, between 127 and 130 million people in Southeast Asia lack access to electricity. At least 228 million still rely on tra..

The study looks at the rarely studied customs brokerage activity in the Philippines and its role in facilitating trade given the ongoing push to moder..

BURDEN TO THE POOR: Dr. Roehlano Briones, a senior economist working with the government think-tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies, poin..

The 2011 DAP allocation for SUCs — amounting to P4.28 billion — went to efforts to enhance infrastructure and facilities, and funded research, sch..

More than half of the amount went to the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Mindanao State University (MSU), according to the Commission on Hi..

The key to taking advantage of these opportunities is to transform and upgrade the local manufacturing industry, as well as address various challenges..

At the Pulong Saliksikan forum on Oct. 24, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Senior Researcher Adoracion Navarro said that the count..