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Study of Government Interventions for Employment Generation in the Private Sector
Ballesteros, Marife M.; Israel, Danilo C. - eSocialSciences - 2014
apparently intended to address other social issues such as poverty reduction, social/human development or community development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945344
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A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship Between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, Philippines and Bangladesh
Kuper, Hannah; Polack, Sarah; Eusebio, Cristina; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
The aim of this study was to examine the association between visual impairment from cataract and poverty in adults in … Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. A population-based case–control study was conducted in three countries during 2005 …, 75 controls; Bangladesh 216 cases, 279 controls; Philippines 238 cases, 180 controls). [PLoS Medicine December 2008]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699041
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Should Asian Countries Adopt Gm Crops Despite Trade Regulations
Gruère, Guillaume - eSocialSciences - 2009
crops in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade regulations. [IFPRI Brief No.13] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512469
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K to 12: The Key to Quality Education?
eSocialSciences; Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO - 2012
The continuous deterioration of the quality of education in the Philippines has prompted the DepEd to push for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421316
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Constituency Development Funds: Are They Constitutional?
Murray, Christina - eSocialSciences - 2011
This brief examines one particular criticism of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs): they infringe upon the doctrine of separation of powers. It also discusses whether CDFs adhere to other important constitutional principles that are essential for maintaining democracy and good governance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002237
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Efficiency of State Universities and Colleges in the Philippines: A Data Envelopment Analysis
Cuenca, Janet S - eSocialSciences - 2011
In view of the long-standing issues and concerns that beset the Philippine system of higher education, the study attempts to evaluate the performance of state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the period 2006-2009 using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In particular, it estimates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370977
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Turning the Tide: Improving Water Resource Management in the Philippines
eSocialSciences; Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO - 2012
must be ensured. Water governance in the Philippines, however, has become too complex with so many institutions involved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393989
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Redifining Food Security in the Face of Foreign Land Investors: The Philippine Case
Shepherd, Ben - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper proposes to redefine food security in terms of protecting vulnerable populations from the structural violence of involuntary hunger. [NTS-Asia Research Paper No.6]. URL:[http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/HTML-Newsletter/Report/pdf/NTS-Asia_Ben_Shepherd.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395234
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Production and Marketing of Coconut in India
eSocialSciences - 2011
The production and marketing scenario of coconut in the country has witnessed a phenomenal development, particularly in the field of production such as development of improved high yielding dwarf varieties of crossbred coconut palm, traditional, non-traditional, commercial and industrial coconut...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318503
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Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read: A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra - eSocialSciences - 2011
An evaluation of a program that aims to improve children’s reading skills by providing classes with age‐appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read‐athon. [Working paper No. 305]. URL: [http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/305.pdf].
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