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The 2008 global economic and financial crisis spawned a synchronized recession among industrialized countries leading to a contraction in world trade...

There is another kind of crisis that is equally devastating as the global economic and financial crisis, perhaps even more threatening, with mankinds ..

This paper reports on the impact evaluation study of the Rural Microenterprise Finance Project (RMFP) in the Philippines. RMFP aimed to support effort..

The main objective of the paper is to explore possible institutional arrangements among the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) implementing ..

Can the Philippines achieve its goal on two key international commitments--the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Education and the Education for ..

The second goal of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to achieve universal primary education. The target is to reach all the MDGs by 2015. Tre..

In line with the commitment of the Philippine government to adopt the Millennium Declaration, there have been efforts geared toward the achievement of..

After many policies have been put in place over the years to uplift the welfare of the Filipinos, the overall human development in the country has not..

Illness or injury, death of a family member, man-made calamities and natural disasters have a devastating effect on those poor households’ cash flow..

Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty reduction, human development, susta..

The paper determines the factors affecting the export performance of firms in three main manufacturing sectors in the Philippines. Specifically, firm-..

2007 is indeed a notable year for the Philippines in terms of economic growth. Can this performance be sustained in 2008? PIDS President Dr. Josef Yap..

Free trade agreements (FTAs) are seen to boost a nation's competitiveness in the global trade arena. Asia, albeit a "late bloomer" in initiating FTAs ..

Trade and financial policies in ASEAN-member countries have contributed to the goal of economic integration. One important feature of this pro..

APEC’s vision of integrating the APEC has remained, for the most part, intangible. Cultural differences, socioeconomic disparity, and lack o..