This paper examines the competitiveness of the Philippine information technology (IT) industry vis-脿-vis its emerging competitors and neighboring cou..

The fiber crops industry is one of the country's major pillars in employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. However, recent trade developme..

The coconut industry is one of the country's major pillars in employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. However, local production problems,..

The study takes off from an earlier inquiry on the effects of HCV (home consumption value) valuation. This study is intended to assist policymakers as..

The Philippines' forest cover has suffered from massive denudation through the years due to uncontrolled and indiscriminate commercial logging. Becaus..

Have the reforms in the country's tax structure through the years helped in improving taxpayer compliance? What has been the trend in tax evasion in r..

The Philippine cement industry was liberalized and deregulated in the late 1980s. This development subsequently shed off the industry's cartel image i..

The Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme represents the main mechanism to remove barriers to intra-ASEAN trade. Its adoption will entail..

The government budget may be viewed as the financial mirror of society's economic and social choices, but does the budget contribute to the attainment..

This article is culled from the author's presentation during the Forum on Population and Urbanization: Managing the Urbanization Process Under a Decen..

This paper explains the evolution of the metropolitan organizations that have been established to oversee the development of Metro Manila, provides a ..

The paper analyzes the Philippine Fisheries Code in relation to the objective of sustainable development in the fisheries sector. The paper finds that..

This study reviews the economic policies and performance of the Philippine economy in the 1990s, briefly assesses the macro- and microeconomic impacts..

This paper reviews the arguments for and against the imposition of capital controls in the Philippines and discusses the liberalization process undert..

This paper tries to verify empirically the claim that there has been a credit crunch in the Philippines since the onset of the Asian financial crisis ..