products, such as tobacco, alcohol, heated tobacco products and vapor products, and sweetened beverages. The ad valorem tax … system reform has a two-fold aim: (1) increase revenues for public spending on health; and (2) reduce the burden of tobacco … smoking and alcohol use. This study has attempted to examine the quality of spending of earmarked funds by the Philippine …

importantly by various comprehensive policy reforms that have been implemented in recent years. And while there may be a general … attempts to assess the state of competition in the Philippines. What has the Philippines done along the framework of … determine the state of competition in the different sectors. It also looks at policy reforms that have been implemented to …

Despite various reform efforts over the years, the tax system in the Philippines continues to suffer from chronic …

Despite various reform efforts over the years, the tax system in the Philippines continues to suffer from chronic … personal income tax, value-added tax, and excise tax on petroleum products, cigarettes, automobiles, sweetened beverages, coal …

aggregate and sectoral outputs, consumption, and international trade. The paper also compares the FTAAP to reforms which are … confined to the ASEAN plus 3 and to a broader set of tariff changes that covers all the trading partners of the Philippines …. The findings of the paper are as follows. First, the FTAAP is likely to benefit the Philippines in the form of higher …

reviewing the empirical studies that use large-scale and nationally representative data sets from the Philippines. The focus on …

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 …