Drugs and medicines account for about half of the total medical out-of-pocket expenses of households. This share of drugs to total medical expenses is..

What has been the impact of globalization and regional economic integration on the Philippines` automotive industry? How have the country`s automotive..

This report presents the findings of a study which sought to examine the impact of Philippine government regulations on the status of Filipino domesti..

In this update of housing subsidies in the Philippines and the fiscal costs of their application, the author delves into the issue of whether the subs..

In view of the long-standing issues and concerns that beset the Philippine system of higher education, the study attempts to evaluate the performance ..

The Philippines has made a major push toward development of biofuel, enacting biofuels mandates and subsidies by the Biofuels Law. To maintain food se..

In this paper, results of the 2009 Survey of Innovation Activities are described and discussed. The term innovation, traditionally associated with res..

What are the factors that make some firms innovate while others do not? Does location matter? Or firm size? How about the presence of more female work..

What are the factors that contribute to the nonparticipation of children in school? Who are the ones accountable to this complicating issue? This Note..

Despite the various efforts to improve the Philippines` education system, why does this country still have low participation rates in education? What ..

The performance of the Philippine automotive industry has steadily improved after the Asian crisis. However, relative to the performance of the automo..

Outward migration data from the Philippines exhibit spatial clustering. This is likely due to information spillover effects--fellow migrants share inf..

Aggregate labor productivity (ALP) growth--i.e., growth of output per unit of labor--may be decomposed into additive contributions due to within-secto..

The 2011 and 2012 fiscal program appears to score high in terms of contributing to the speed of fiscal consolidation despite limited gains in revenue ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), being true to its mandate of conducting policy research in aid of planning and policymaking, ..