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The recent spate of banking and currency crises has underscored the need to develop early warning systems. These are based on economic indicators of v..
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The persistence of serious natural resource depletion and environmental degradation means that much remains to be done years into the implementation o..
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The government has implemented substantial trade and investment policy reforms during the last two decades following a three-track approach involving ..
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In a modern economy, the payment system is a major component of the country`s infrastructure system. Indeed, no country nowadays can afford to take it..
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Why have housing reforms failed to achieve the desired improvements in housing in the Philippines? A review of trends in government housing strategies..
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Changing leaders, changing styles, changing programs--this in a way sums up why policy reforms somehow get delayed and, at times, derailed often at th..
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This paper summarizes the research on population-related issues done between 1980-2002. The review organized the research into the following areas: (a..
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This paper comprehensively reviews the developments in the education and labor markets in the Philippines in the past 25 years. It highlights the tren..
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The paper examines the performance of the Philippines with respect to the fight against poverty. It reviews the trends in poverty using the various hu..
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This paper reviews the literature and evidence on the population and poverty nexus. The paper situates the role of demographic changes in development,..
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This paper examines the trends in Philippine banking regulation in the past 25 years. In particular, it notes that the Philippines has followed a poli..
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Research and development (R&D) and technology are analyzed from the perspective of Philippine economic growth in the paper. It examines the productivi..
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Due to the alarming increase in the scarcity of water in various parts of the world, there is a growing recognition from the supply side that efforts ..
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Although justification for competition policies is well founded in the economic literature, there is a need to understand their implications more full..
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This issue discusses whether or not there is a need to legislate a specific policy agenda for water governance in the country. The author assesses the..
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