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Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines
Manasan, Rosario G.; Cuenca, Janet S.; Villanueva-Ruiz, … - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2009
Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Given this...
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A Simple Poverty Scorecard for the Philippines
Schreiner, Mark - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2009
How poor are participants of development projects in the Philippines? This paper uses the 2002 Annual Poverty …
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Econometric Analysis of the Export-led Growth Hypothesis: Evidence for BIMP-EAGA Countries
Furuoka, Fumitaka - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2009
-EAGA countries, i.e., the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Firstly, the study uses Johansen cointegration test and Granger …
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A Cautionary Note on the Interpretation of Unit Labor Costs as an Indicator of Competitiveness, with Reference to the Philippines
Felipe, Jesus - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2009
paper, unit labor and unit capital costs for the Philippines are calculated. It is shown that the decrease in … competitiveness (i.e., increase in unit labor costs) in the Philippines is exclusively the result of increases in prices as the labor …
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The ASEAN Economic Community and the Philippines: Implementation, Outcomes, Impacts, and Ways Forward
Milo, Melanie S. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2013
Philippines. The Philippines Country Report presents the results of surveys related to the MTR on trade liberalization and …
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An Assessment of TESDA Scholarship Programs
Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C.; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2013
This paper reports on the results of the review of the two major scholarship programs of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), namely: (a) the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP); and (b) the Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA). The two...
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Rice that Filipinos Grow and Eat
Leon, John C. de - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2011
This paper introduces rice to the reader and analyzes the changes it has gone through the past 100 years in the hands of varietal improvement science. The richness of the crop as a genetic material and resource is revealed here. Over time, its many types include choices ranging from the...
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Regional Integration, Inclusive Growth, and Poverty: Enhancing Employment Opportunities for the Poor
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; Reyes, Celia M.; … - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2014
networks in which East and Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines, participated. Set against the backdrop of … continuing economic integration in the region, economic growth in the Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other … countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty incidence. This paper examines how the Philippines can …
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Choke Points and Opportunities in the Supply Chain of ASEAN Agricultural Products: A Philippine Country Study
Israel, Danilo C.; Briones, Roehlano M. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2014
This study identifies and examines "choke points" in the supply chain of two selected commodity groups that are of interest to the region of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: crude coconut oil (which belongs to the HS15 group), and fish and crustacean, mollusks, and other aquatic...
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Final Note from the Managing Editor
Liguton, Jennifer P.T. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2011
In her final note for the PJD 2009 second semester issue, Ms. Jennifer Liguton bids farewell as the Philippine Journal of Development`s (PJD) managing editor. Ms. Liguton has served as its managing editor for the past three decades of the Journal`s publication. She has been involved from its...
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