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The Department of Trade and industry continues to strengthen its industry development and policy arm with the two (2) recent appointments of experts o..

To better prepare for the upcoming free trade market in 2015, the Philippines needs to attract more investment to be able to modernize international p..

The Philippines鈥� budget for basic education as a percentage of the country鈥檚 gross domestic product remains to be low compared to those of its Sou..

For the Philippines to be more competitive in a free trade market two years from now, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (188体育) recommen..

The topic of unemployment and underemployment in last week鈥檚 column is the backdrop for today鈥檚 focus on labor market policies. Labor policies hav..

The government can maximize the benefits of economic zones if they would be well integrated into the local economy and be flexible enough to allow a w..

Based on output shares, the Philippine economy has undergone significant structural transformation, with the contribution of agriculture to GDP now on..

Here鈥檚 the paradox of growth in this country. From 2003 to 2009, the economy grew by an average of 4.8 percent. And yet, instead of decreasing with ..

Policymakers should employ information technology (IT) to drive innovation in the country’s health sector and make health care more accessible a..

The focus of the Bureau of Customs should be on trade facilitation and the modernization of customs administration, instead of its revenue collection ..

About 130 million people in Southeast Asia lack access to electricity, according to a Philippine Institute for Development Studies (188体育) study obtain..

The top 10 Philippine exports to ASEAN are currently electrical and electronics (59.5 percent share); machinery (11.4 percent); vehicles (5.1 percent)..

The Philippines needs to beef up manufacturing if it wants economic growth to be inclusive, according to the Philippine Institute for Development Stud..

The Philippines needs to transform and upgrade the local manufacturing sector to take advantage of opportunities from a bigger market in the Asean Eco..

Quality of infrastructure in the Philippines is second to the last in the ASEAN region. Senior Research Fellow of the Philippine Institute for Develo..