The sustainability of health care financing schemes have been a continuous concern of the DOH. This article deals with how to ensure the viability an..

The success of health care financing programs depend greatly on the participation of the local government. Faced with insufficient budget for health ..

The Department of Health for the last ten years has been successful in its various programs and initiatives designed to secure funding and improve the..

The Philippine garments industry surpassed the growth of the entire manufacturing sector between the years 1972 to 1980. However with the dismantling..

Recognition of the adverse effects of protectionist policies has lead to the Philippine government to undertake major trade reforms in the 1980s and ..

Accounting for the 1988-1992 trade reforms undertaken by the government, this paper simulates its economic effects in nominal tariff rates and implici..

While adjustment policies are necessary to realign the economy in the right track, it entails a number of adverse impacts, especially on the poor and ..

It has been suggested that poor people lose from any food price increase engendered by inappropriate policies. In particular, protectionist policies i..

Over the years, Multi-Fibre Agreement has assured the Philippines markets for its exportable textiles and garments. Given that the Multi-Fibre Agreeme..

Despite the government鈥檚 credit program approach, access of poor households to microfinancial services has remained limited. This paper explains the..

This paper provides a review of frameworks for analyzing poverty alleviation initiatives. The principles in these frameworks were used to guide the re..

This paper reviews the literature on the prospects of the world food supply-demand situation over the next decade and beyond. In particular, space is ..

Analysis of pertinent data shows that Krugman鈥檚 warning about the serious repercussions of a number of disinflation methods is relevant for the Phil..

While previous studies utilizing P* indicates that the model is better applicable with large countries, the paper argues that the Philippine case shou..