In this paper, we propose that development trajectories in Philippine provinces are not just influenced by the concentration of power within certain families (fat dynasties) but also by the economic and institutional contexts that they are characterized with. Building on a typology of dynasty...

Inflation in the Philippines has accelerated over the course of 2018, with year-on-year headline inflation rising from 2.9 percent in December 2017 to 6.7 percent as of September 2018. Amidst such trends, calls have been sounded for the advanced suspension of scheduled increases in oil levies...