For many Filipinos, the realization of the vision of owning a decent structure, which may be called a home, has been an elusive dream. Although the go..

The 1983-1984 Balance of Payments Crisis has affected all sectors of the economy and all segments of society as it has manifested itself in the..

While the relationship between productivity advance and economic growth has long been recognized by both economic researchers and practitioner..

Inflation, in recent years, has become a concern not only of national policymakers but also of individual households. The unprecedented rise in the p..

For quite some time, community organizers from the Institute of Social Work an Community Development have been dealing with various aspects of the coc..

For the last 25 years, the government has been incurring heavy budgetary deficits. Yet, data on recent Philippine experience reveal that no well-estab..

This study looks into the trade and industrial policies adopted by the Philippines. Specifically, it empirically demonstrates the impact of tar..

Focusing on Philippine export and import performance during the critical years of 1974-1982, this study presents the preliminary results of a d..

This paper aims to trace the factors that have contributed to the instability of the country’s export earnings and the observed deterioration..

This paper attempts to establish measures of comparative advantage of individual sectors and to assess the effect of price intervention polici..

Studies on food consumption by socioeconomic groups and by rural-urban areas have been relatively few. Even scarcer are studies on household fu..

This paper reviews important monetary and credit policies affecting the performance of rural banks, examines the possible roles of rural banks..

Regardless of whether one is dealing with the social security system of the government or the private sector, this paper examines the social ad..

Towards the end of addressing rural development, this paper is concerned with rural people and the impacts that government intervention have on..

If the Philippines is to liberalize successfully, it has to have a low inflation rate. In addition, some forms of regulations are needed to be ..