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This paper investigates whether agricultural households in rural Philippines insure their consumption and whether they …
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Evaluation studies on conditional cash transfers (CCT) in the Philippines found small if not insignificantly different …
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unconditional convergence on the leaders long before the modern BRICS and even before the Asian Tigers. The Philippines was very …, way above that achieved by the industrial leaders. Indeed, the Philippines was the third Asian country to enter the 5 …% industrial growth club: Japan 1899, China 1900, the Philippines 1913, Taiwan 1914, Korea 1921, and India 1929. The Philippines …
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We investigate the effects of two accountability measures on the decisions of the local governments under decentralization. Using a panel of Philippine municipalities and cities in three election years, we find that term limits have negative but weak effects on the provision of health insurance...
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In 2010, the Philippines appeared to be on track to attain by 2015 its target for Millennium Development Goals 4 …
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Using data from the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey, we ask whether women's economic empowerment -defined alternatively as having the ability to decide on (i) daily needs, (ii) major purchases, and (iii) spending own income - protects women against domestic violence. Using a simple...
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the long-term development history of the Philippines. The MDCR recognizes the multiplicity of development objectives …
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on the Philippines, it first notes marked disparities across its regions as reflected in economic and social indicators …
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in the Philippines, from the end of the Marcos regime to the Aquino administration. The historical and episodic …
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Philippines. Partly to address this problem, the government has undertaken programs to expand access to safe water and sanitation …
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