The paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on competition and productivity. Competition is the main channel through which trade liberalizati..

This short paper attempts to lay down the framework and basic principles for the optimum interface between competition policy and infrastructure regul..

In the last twenty years, the Philippines has gained a good progress in poverty reduction. However, compared to other countries in the region, the Phi..

The paper describes the current decisionmaking structure for trade policy formulation in the Philippines and compares it with the systems in selected ..

The international education service sector is undoubtedly growing. The movement of students across nations is expected to grow fourfold in the next qu..

The paper is an industry study of the audiovisual services sector, specially the film and television industry in the Philippines. It discusses the imp..

Intraregional trade and investment among the ASEAN+3 countries—and the entire East Asia—has been progressing at a robust pace over the past 25 yea..

With the recent proliferation of regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) not only involving East Asian countries but others around the wor..

For a family, homeownership is a very important resource given the economic, psychological and social benefits it offers. But not all people have the ..

Today’s modern and industrial trade processes are influenced by globalization and the Philippines is not exempted to this. It must now exhaust all o..

Borrowing today’s parlance, the “in” thing now is health tourism. These days, people are not only looking for cures for their illnesses; they ar..

At the rate that the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector is growing, it may indeed be the next big thing in this country. This was surmised by t..

The information and communication technology (ICT) sector continues to show signs of steady, robust growth. ICT companies located in export processing..

As trade consultations between the Philippines and the US continue, in the hope of cementing a possible free trade agreement (FTA), questions are stil..

In 1995, the Uruguay Round under the World Trade Organization (WTO) came into effect. Corollarily, the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing was signed w..