Proper public procurement practices directly reflect good governance. Transparent and effective procurement practices minimize expenditure and create opportunity. Procurement is an enormous component in the process by which governments build infrastructure, such as schools and hospitals. It...

Skills represent a key driver of development and growth in the Philippines. Educational attainment of the Filipino population has steadily increased in recent decades, but while the country is regionally successful within Southeast Asia, it has yet to reach the standards of more developed...

The role and challenges of intergovernmental transfers in Asia / Yun-Hwan Kim and Paul Smoke -- Intergovernmental fiscal transfers / Larry Schroeder and Paul Smoke -- Cambodia / Leonardo G. Romeo -- India / D.K. Srivastava -- Indonesia / Blane D. Lewis -- Pakistan / Nuzhat Ahmad and Syed Ashraf...

This report looks at the Philippines Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), focussing both on its principal functions as well as its position in the broader regulatory environment. It provides recommendations to assist the Philippines in embedding and improving its regulatory management system, with a...