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This paper examines the borrowing behavior of the households and the suitability of the loans obtained from the community oriented financial intermedi..

The paper aims to identify industry and macrolevel factors that affect competitiveness of selected sectors upon the implementation of the JPEPA. Prior..

The design of rules of origin (ROO) in preferential trade agreements is critical because to the extent that it determines which products are eligible ..

The paper provides a background for services trade negotiations with Japan. It summarizes various discussions on international trade in services, the ..

The paper looks at firm-level factors that affect Philippine exports to Japan with the main objective of recommending provisions for the proposed Japa..

Historically, the economic relations between the Philippines and Japan have been shaped by factors leading to the movements of goods, capital and peop..

Regional economic integration in East Asia has gained momentum in the aftermath of the 1997 financial crisis and the escalation of international terro..

This article defines budget deficit simply as the difference between what the government spends and what it collects in taxes in a given period. It is..

The quantitative restriction (QR) on rice will last until the end of 2004. The paper employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze t..

The alarming number of children engaged in labor as released by the National Statistics Office from the years 1995 to 2001 gave rise to a timely natio..

In a democratic country, economic policies succeed or fail depending on its political support. Open trade policies that were initiated and accepted ye..

This paper attempts to examine the performances of Asian AMCs. Our analysis reveals that the AMCs vary significantly in their design and performances...

The shift to a market-oriented credit and financial policy was expected to spur rural financing by the private sector that would help usher growth in ..

The paper traces the roots of the present fiscal problem and concludes that it is largely attributable to the deterioration of the national government..

What may happen if the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, which puts a limit to the volume of rice imports entering the country, is removed by the..