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PUBLICATIONSRESEARCH PAPER SERIESRPS 2021-09: Linking Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations to Agriculture Value Chain: Lessons from Farmer Organi..

This paper reviews the Philippines’ participation in services trade agreements to date at the multilateral (WTO GATS), regional (ASEAN and dialo..

The lack of coordination between the national and local governments in implementing Mandanas ruling could lead to a gap in service delivery. &nbs..

Developing an integrated financial management information system (IFMIS) will help improve public financial management in the Philippines.This was one..

The national government should include funding for the capacity development of local government units (LGUs) to enable them to assume re-devolved func..

Agriculture in the Philippines has receded in recent decades. This Policy Note traces the sector's weak growth to the slow expansion in the factors of..

#PIDSInfoBits: Did you know that the Philippines’ public sector spending on education has been increasing?From 2.1 percent of the country’..

The Philippines entered its deepest recession in post-war history in 2020, with output declining by 9.6 percent. Coming up with a strategy on how to b..

Filipinos aspire for long and healthy life, a collective vision set in the AmBisyon Natin 2040. This Policy Note examines the key trends and challenge..

Stunting is a human development disaster. It increases the chances of death in children, and if they do survive, it could still leave permanent scars ..

Lifting Filipinos out of poverty is essential to achieve the Philippine Development Plan 2017–2022 target of becoming an upper middle-income country..

Widespread chronic malnutrition in the Philippines is a human development disaster, which needs critical and urgent attention. The economic consequenc..

The Philippines aspires to be an upper middle-income country by 2022 as stated in the 2017–2022 Philippine Development Plan. It has also committ..

Hello, PIDS friends! Here's our #PIDSFactFriday for the week on the Social Pension Program.A PIDS study that examined the implementation of the gove..

Financial inclusion can help curb poverty, reduce inequality, and potentially enhance productivity and long-term growth. However, empirical research o..