This country report has come up with very significant findings that can directly feed into the design of development interventions in the country. Among others, it has provided a profile of the poor Filipino child and discovered the fact that although income poverty among children in general has...

In response to the spike in rice prices in 2008, the rice subsidy program budget for the Philippines's National Food Authority (NFA) was expanded five-fold to 2.5% of gross domestic product. The NFA is the largest recipient of government subsidy, but also the largest loss-making government...

Regional production networks and local production linkages are important not only for the generation of industrial activity through investment flows but also as essential sources of new information and technology. Complementing this are the so-called knowledge networks within or around...

A more integrated global financial system has implications on the economic volatility of small open economies. This paper simulates the impact of a shortterm shock originating from the global financial system on small open economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The...