The òòò½´«Ã½ (òòò½´«Ã½) inaugurated its 22nd òòò½´«Ã½ Corner at the main library of the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) in Zamboanga City on July 9, 2013.

(PHOTO 1: òòò½´«Ã½ President Gilberto Llanto (left) and WMSU President Milabel Ho (right) performing the ceremonial ribbon cutting to mark the inauguration of the òòò½´«Ã½ Corner at the Western Mindanao State University.

The òòò½´«Ã½ Corner is the Institute's knowledge dissemination strategy aimed at making its research outputs more visible and accessible in the provinces. The òòò½´«Ã½ Corner has shelves containing various studies and publications produced by òòò½´«Ã½ throughout the years. These are made available for free as sources of information for researchers, students, faculty, and local decisionmakers. The Institute started this project in 2006. Since then, there are now 22 òòò½´«Ã½ Corners in different parts of the Philippines, the Corner at WMSU being the latest.

In his remarks of bequest, òòò½´«Ã½ President Gilberto Llanto encouraged students and faculty members to read òòò½´«Ã½ studies as they are excellent resources on various socioeconomic topics encompassing trade, infrastructure, taxation, health, education, poverty analysis, and climate change, to name a few.

Meanwhile, Dr. Milabel Enriquez-Ho, President of WMSU, expressed her appreciation to Dr. Llanto for choosing the university to host the òòò½´«Ã½ Corner. "It is a very timely resource for the university as we are preparing a development roadmap for our future," she said.

Also present during the inauguration were òòò½´«Ã½ Research Information Director Sheila V. Siar who presented the SocioEcononomic Research Portal for the Philippines or SERP-P, an online knowledge resource being maintained by òòò½´«Ã½; òòò½´«Ã½ Senior Research Fellow Adoracion Navarro; Division Chief for Public Affairs Romero Lopez; and Information Officer Phidel Marion Vineles.

(PHOTO 2: òòò½´«Ã½ President Gilberto Llanto (right) and WMSU President Milabel Ho (left) holding the signed agreements on the establishment of a òòò½´«Ã½ Corner at the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU). With them are selected officials and staff of òòò½´«Ã½ and WMSU.)
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