Utilizing macro and micro data, this issue verifies the validity of the claim that there has been a credit crunch since the onset of Asian financial c..

Alongside with the poverty alleviation program is the effort to make credit accessible to small and poor households. Despite the government’s effort..

Analysis of the Philippine Fisheries Code results to the findings that some provisions promote sustainable development while others are contentious. T..

Investigation whether small-scale borrowings are effective or not indicate the failure of loan guarantees to stimulate the target groups. While it has..

While urbanization has several advantages, there are also certain problems associated with it. This issue takes a brief look at the urban fiscal gap p..

Decentralization of national responsibilities to local government units has been seen as a means to ensure that services reach out the grassroots leve..

The performance of the agriculture sector is a key determinant to the overall economic growth and to its people’s food security. It continues to be ..

Over the past two decades, the Philippine economic growth has been erratic and lower than most developing countries in Asia. The agriculture sector ha..

National leadership over the past three decades has recognized regional development as an important policy thrust and strategy for national developmen..

National leadership over the past three decades has recognized regional development as an important policy thrust and strategy for national developmen..

This paper estimates the rate of return in investment in three major sectors: primary sectors which include manufacturing, construction and utilities,..

It is the government’s role in the science and technology sector to foster cooperation between government, academe and industries; establish a compe..

R&D is crucial in a country’s development process. Yet some economic agents are hesitant in pursing it not only because of the risks and costs assoc..

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic growth a..

The study attempts to characterize agricultural technology, acquisition, development and dissemination in the private sector. Technologies extensively..