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Economists have begun the quest for explanations of contractual choices in developing countries and especially for pervasiveness of informal credit an..

This paper aims to analyze how contracts are determined and modified given diverse agricultural settings and to examine the implications of these chan..

Contract growing has been defined as an agreement between farmers and processing and/or marketing firms under forward agreements, usually at predeterm..

The internal revenue allotment or IRA is one type of central government transfers to local government units (LGUs) meant to help in correcting for the..

This paper aims to provide some information on the implications for the Philippine agriculture sector of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement. In part..

Low-income households find it hard to cope with the risks brought about by an illness or injury, death of a family member, man-made calamities, and na..

When can the country`s meteorological agency announce that an El Nino or a La Nina event is occurring or will take place? How does it identify the ele..

Is a breakthrough in the horizon for the Philippine economy in 2007? Dr. Josef Yap, 蝌蚪传媒' president and economic seer, poses this important question f..

In a democratic country, economic policies succeed or fail depending on the political support they receive. Open trade policies that were initiated an..

This paper demonstrates how family size can be an important contributor to poverty in the Philippines. It examines one of the mechanisms behind this l..

In recent years, the market for secondhand garments has flourished from its considered capital, Baguio City, province of Benguet. It is clear that peo..

The main feature in this issue underscores a glaring sad truth about social and economic inequality in the Philippines. That is, in a government where..

Promotion of hybrid rice has been the central goal of the government's rice production program since 2001. Yet, farmers' adoption rate has remained lo..

Household savings are important indicators of family welfare, not only in terms of a household's investment and income generation prospects, but also,..

The nature of activity of the informal sector may vary across the developed and developing countries, yet it is evident that the sector contributes to..