The level of capital flows to developing countries had increased dramatically over the decade prior to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In terms of co..

Environmentalists and economists alike have assumed that greater economic openness will lead to increased industrial pollution in developing countries..

Apart from their nutritional value, vegetables contribute to the farmer’s income when sold locally and to the country’s foreign exchange when sold..

This article analyzes how a credit guarantee confers private benefits to creditors and proposes reform policies and related assessment measures in ord..

Contrary to the commonly held notion that the market power exercised by a handful of unscrupulous traders in the local market has resulted unnecessary..

Serious attention has always been bestowed on the stability of food markets. The government has acted on these issues through intervention on food pri..

This paper examines the competitiveness of the Philippine information technology (IT) industry vis-à-vis its emerging competitors and neighboring cou..

This paper investigates the issue of underutilization of Philippine regional fishing ports using secondary data from institutional resources and inter..

Access to energy is a means to achieve economic development. Both environmental concerns and the global privatization trends have fueled the worldwide..

This study takes off from an earlier inquiry on the effects of Home Consumption Value (HCV) valuation. It is intended to assist policymakers in examin..

This paper explains why currency movements and trade volumes, while theoretically related, have minimal effect on each other, in practice. In addition..

As a starter for the year, this article gives a projection for the coming months. Which sectors will be affected by movements in the world mark..

Exposure to lead and particulate matter emissions has been associated with various illnesses. If unabated, these emissions will lead to higher ..

The formation of metropolitan arrangements has recently become the trend. As these are still in the early stage of developing their identity, t..

This article looks into the Philippine situation and notes the fact that despite the country’s being one of the first of the Asian nations to establ..