This paper deals with the epidemiological trends and incidence of selected leading diseases in the country. Mortality rates and morbidity rates are in..

Using full-information maximum likelihood on a cross-section sample of 65 hospitals from seven Philippine provinces, this paper jointly estimates a tw..

From the first part of this paper, results from critical appraisal and description of economic impacts on health policy show that there is a limited e..

This study seeks to provide the Philippines Medical Care Commission with short-run and long-run alternatives aimed at improving the performance of Med..

This paper investigates the existing health financing schemes of communities in region XI, particularly on the factors that enable them to set up a su..

Vast literature have documented that the Philippine economic crisis from1983-1985 has been due to extravagant fiscal policy and to the proliferation o..

Despite potential benefits from Medicare, many Filipinos are indifferent, if not hostile to the program due to the perceived widespread corruption and..

In the context of sustainable development, environmentally preferable products (EPPs) are desirable because they leave no unwelcome impacts on natural..

Rice self-sufficiency is a dominant policy objective. However, analysis indicates that government policies are not neutral. Thus, it hampers the reali..

Within the context of “NIC-hood,” this paper advances that the country and the government should understand and situate the parameters of ..

The Philippines is one of the countries in Southeast Asia that has experienced massive capital inflows. Being a latecomer in this arena, it can avoid ..

This paper assesses the Institutional Investor Country Risk Rating (IICR) to analyze whether secondary market prices are reliable indicators of debt v..

The 1991 Local Government has initiated comprehensive changes in Philippine public administration such as decentralization and greater local autonomy...

Opinions about the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) vary not only between importers and exporters but also within these groups depending on the costs and ..

Foreign aid has always been treated as “cheap mons.” In the past, aid studies almost always implicitly assumed that the economic impact of ODA lo..