From the provision of the Local Government Code, various LGUs have provided the housing requirements of the less-privileged sectors. This paper presen..

After the onset of the East Asian financial crisis, the interest in early warning system has been revived. While there are different causes to which c..

In the light of increased demand for basic services and sanitation facilities due to urbanization, devolution facilitates the smooth and fast delivery..

Due to the rapid population growth in cities and the rising cost of developing new sources of water supply, Metro Cebu has experienced an increasing d..

Government intervention is required to mitigate the pervasive market failures in the agriculture sector. However, government policies and intervention..

Over the past decade, Metro Cebu has been rapidly moving towards growth and industrialization contributing as much as seventy percent to Visayas’ in..

This paper is one of eight case studies in the health sector conducted under the project “Population and Urbanization: Managing the Urbanization Pr..

The recent currency and financial turmoil in East Asia have led to the evaluation of current financial and macroeconomic policies. The Philippines..

This paper estimates a discrete choice model of outpatient care using data drawn from a household survey covering 4 regions and 7 provinces involving ..

Contrary to usual expectations, it can be shown that the aggregate output can increase from the imposition of a uniform tariff rate and that the 5% un..

This issue suggests the need to give greater attention to and care in using tax expenditure policy to achieve several conflicting objectives. An under..

The Philippines has escaped the worst of the Asian crisis. It is now the authority’s task to ensure that reforms are not overdone with trade-offs.Po..

The downward trend in Asian tariff rates can be attributed to several factors, the most important of which are the general agreement in multilateral a..

Taking its cue from other Asian countries, the Philippines has joined several international trade organizations that paved the way for economic openne..

Associated with the goals of economic growth and reform is the generation of employment and cooperation in industrial relations. This issue assesses t..