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insurance industries of the ASEAN5 economies - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It has four main …
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The strong recovery of the five crisis-affected countries of East Asia between 1999 and 2000 has revived the debate on the causes of the 1997 financial crisis. Initially there had been an emerging consensus that the crisis had originated from the capital account. However, some analysts see the...
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This paper examines the cost of implementing redistributive land reform in the Philippines. Land redistribution has …
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The 2011 and 2012 fiscal program appears to score high in terms of contributing to the speed of fiscal consolidation despite limited gains in revenue generation. This came about largely because of fairly serious underspending during the first nine months of 2011. The slow utilization of spending...
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migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore, as well as the Philippines. This study resulted in the … the Philippines and East Asia. It also aims to assess the level of health and social security systems literacy of Filipino …, namely, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, and Japan. Findings from the interviews with government agencies and NGO leaders in …
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migrant workers in East Asian countries, specifically Japan, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore, as well as the Philippines. Using …The Philippines has been a major source of female domestic labor in East Asia. The migration of Filipino female … Singapore, amidst chronic demographic and labor issues. Being literate in the health and social security systems is vital to …
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Using data from 3,120 farm households surveyed in 2000 and 2006, the paper tests for factors that affect the degree and extent of households' participation in the rural land rental market. The survey period coincided with the full implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program...
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Numerous studies have tried to explain the poor growth performance of the Philippines. This paper critically reviews … related literature on constraints to long-run growth, as it applies to the Philippines. We evaluate several factors, namely …
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would serve as inputs to national strategies and plans in improving LSD in the Philippines. It develops a Triangulation …
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continue to be determined by the performance of its urban system. Overall, however, the Philippines is characterized by its …
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