Stimulating investment and growth in the Philippines : the need for first-order market reforms

by Desiree A. Desierto and Geoffrey M. Ducanes

We show that the most important barriers to investment and growth in the Philippines are structural and institutional problems that are characteristic of limited access societies, which can be more effectively and efficiently overcome by prioritizing 'first-order' market reforms that increase competition and openness, rather than by government regulations that enforce against the distortions.

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Year of publication:	2011 ; This version: July 15, 2011
Authors:	Desierto, Desiree A. ; Ducanes, Geoffrey M.
Publisher:	Quezon : School of Economics, Univ. of the Philippines
Subject:	Auslandsinvestition \| Foreign investment \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Institutionelle Infrastruktur \| Institutional infrastructure \| Wirtschaftsreform \| Economic reform \| Internationaler Wettbewerb \| International competition \| Handelsliberalisierung \| Trade liberalization \| Philippinen \| Philippines

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: [25] S., 631,17 KB) graph. Darst.
Series:	Discussion paper / University of the Philippines, School of Economics. - Quezon : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2190310-4. - Vol. 2011,08
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/93554 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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