The Philippines is often referred to as a country from which export of services rather than manufactured goods is the …, and entrepreneurial talent so they will work in the Philippines rather than overseas. To take advantage of those … environment for foreign investors and local entrepreneurs. …

pilot surveys conducted in Georgia; Mongolia; and Cavite, Philippines. Furthermore, survey results suggest substantive …

probability of past work. Applying the measure to labor force survey data from the Philippines shows that conventional proxies …

This study examines gender inequality in labor markets in Asia and the Pacific, with a focus on the structural drivers … of women's labor force participation. Demographic survey data indicate that in Asia's lower-income countries, economic …

In Asia, aging countries with slow population growth worry about a lack of workers in the future and see older people …

as well as droughts and heat waves. The Asia and the Pacific region has experienced some of the most damaging disasters … Asia and the Pacific? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising population exposure, greater … temperature linked to droughts and heat waves) and the frequency of intense natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific and its …

The global economic crisis in 2008-2009 had varying impacts on economies in Asia and the Pacific. This paper studies …), Philippines, and Thailand. It develops a crisis index that measures the impacts of the crisis by comparing actual values of … product, Korea suffered the worst in reduced employment, and Philippines' output was affected only in 2009. In the labor …

success. We examine the performance of safety net programs in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in terms of …

Water Supply and Sanitation Project of the Asian Development Bank in Cebu, Philippines is used to show that tariff …