Dealing with various topics such as watershed classification, computer simulation and modeling and computer application in watershed research, this paper assembles and summarizes technologies that are currently being used or have potential for application in the Philippines. This is in the hope...

This paper documents an initial attempt to develop a formula for approximating the cost of drilling oil and geothermal wells using parameters suspected to affect the drilling cost. It also measures and determines the extent of variation of drilling cost given a change in the parameters considered.

The story of the Philippine environment during the past two decades is one of growing stress and resource degradation that has recently forced the Philippine polity and society to resolve the problem. This paper seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the issue of sustainable...

This article is part of the NEDA-PIDS Seminar-Workshop on the Philippine System of National Accounts. This paper examines foreign transactions as recorded in the national accounts and the balance of payments statements. While these statements have different uses, consistency between the two is...

Early 1980s has seen series of reforms in the Philippine financial system having improved financial intermediation as the general objective. This paper reviews the pace and effectiveness of the reforms implemented by the government. Findings show that economic instability and the ineffective...

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the "Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in the Philippines” sponsored jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Economic and Development Authority, the Philippine Institute for Development...

This article analyzes the capacity of LGUs to issue securities under the regulatory framework offered by PD 752 and the 1991 LGC. A qualitative analysis of the regulations and requirements of the securities market has been performed. This is extended to a case study of bond issued by the Cebu...

The advent of new techniques in genetic manipulation has sparked discussions in IPR involving biological products and processes. This article, which has been presented during the DOST-PIDS Seminar-Discussion on “Intellectual Property Rights: Policy Issues and Perspectives” on December 13,...

APEC’s vision of integrating the APEC has remained, for the most part, intangible. Cultural differences, socioeconomic disparity, and lack of a defined structure and leadership have been cited by many as major obstacles. Lately, there has been a proliferation of regional groups in Asia,...

The province of Davao del Sur is considered one of the major rice-producing provinces of Region XI. It has been regarded as Mindanao’s top rice-yielding province because of its municipality’s (Hagonoy) high yield performance. The study shows that farmers have multiple sources of information...