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Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Health in the Philippines

Manasan, Rosario G.; Cuenca, Janet S. - 2010

Directing government subsidies to social services such as health care is expected to bring about positive external/social benefits and improve equity in access to health services. In general, government spending on health is envisioned to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their...

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Efficiency of State Universities and Colleges in the Philippines: a Data Envelopment Analysis

Cuenca, Janet S. - 2011

In view of the long-standing issues and concerns that beset the Philippine system of higher education, the study attempts to evaluate the performance of state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the period 2006-2009 using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In particular, it estimates the...

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Mobilizing LGU Support for Basic Education: Focus on the Special Education Fund

Manasan, Rosario G.; Cuenca, Janet S.; Celestino, Alicia B. - 2011

Basic public education is still largely the responsibility of the central government, delivered through the Department of Education (DepEd), notwithstanding the devolution of many basic services to local government units (LGUs). However, LGUs do provide supplementary funding support to public...

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Impact of the global financial and economic crisis on the Philippines

Yap, Josef T.; Reyes, Celia M.; Cuenca, Janet S. - 2009

economic downturn. The Philippines was not spared the fallout from the crisis as GDP growth decelerated considerably in the … situation in the medium term. This is definitely a problematic scenario given that the poverty situation in the Philippines … a microcosm of the institutional problems that have constrained economic development in the Philippines over many …