The GATT/WTO may affect the Philippine economy in three ways: through changes in tariff structure resulting from the country’s commitment in the Uruguay Round, through the expansion of world trade as developed and less developed countries adjust their protection structures and through the...

The quantitative restriction (QR) on rice will last until the end of 2004. The paper employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of QR and the reduction in tariff on rice imports. Policy experiments indicate that...

The GATT/WTO may affect the Philippine economy in three ways: through changes in tariff structure resulting from the country’s commitment in the Uruguay Round, through the expansion of world trade as developed and less developed countries adjust their protection structures and through the...

The GATT/WTO may affect the Philippine economy in three ways: through changes in tariff structure resulting from the country’s commitment in the Uruguay Round, through the expansion of world trade as developed and less developed countries adjust their protection structures and through the...

This paper reviews the general structure of the following general computable general equilibrium (CGE): the APEX model, Habito’s second version of the PhilCGE model, Cororaton’s CGE model and Bautista’s first CGE model. These models are chosen as they represent the range of recently...

This paper reviews the general structure of the following general computable general equilibrium (CGE): the APEX model, Habito's second version of the PhilCGE model, Cororaton's CGE model and Bautista's first CGE model. These models are chosen as they represent the range of recently constructed...

The GATT/WTO may affect the Philippine economy in three ways: through changes in tariff structure resulting from the country's commitment in the Uruguay Round, through the expansion of world trade as developed and less developed countries adjust their protection structures and through the...

The quantitative restriction (QR) on rice will last until the end of 2004. The paper employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the possible poverty and distributional effects of the removal of QR and the reduction in tariff on rice imports. Policy experiments indicate that...

This paper explains the gaps between official objectives and the actual accomplishments of the Aquino government, with an emphasis on the implementation record of agricultural-based strategies. Summary of the lessons learned is provided.

This paper introduces the approach, methodology, assumptions and tentative results of the nationwide off-site cost evaluation of Master Plan for Forestry Development. It also includes the technical contents of a Master Plan project paper and reviews recent literature and information useful in...