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Who Provides Good Quality Prenatal Care in the Philippines?

Lavado, Rouselle F.; Lagrada, Leizel P.; Ulep, Valerie … - 2010

This paper attempts to illustrate the quality of prenatal care services provided by different health care providers. Section I presents the introduction and overview of the study. Section II discusses important information gathered during literature review which was organized into prenatal care...

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The Philippines' Absorptive Capacity for Foreign Aid

Kang, Hyewon - 2010

This study evaluates the Philippines' absorptive performance for foreign aid, particularly during the six-year period …

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The Cost of Redistributive Land Reform in the Philippines: Assessment of PD 27 and RA 6657 (CARL)

Ballesteros, Marife M. - 2010

This paper examines the cost of implementing redistributive land reform in the Philippines. Land redistribution has …

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Trends in Household Vulnerability

Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Ramos, Andre Philippe - 2010

This paper presents a few of the latest statistics on income poverty, growth, and inequality, and makes a case about the need not only to monitor current poverty, but also to reduce future poverty. An assessment of the trends in household vulnerability to income poverty is made for the years...

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Development of Regional Production and Logistic Networks in East Asia: the Case of the Philippines

del Prado, Fatima; Macasaquit, Mari-Len R.; Cabalfin, … - 2010

for industrial upgrading and innovation. Both are present in the case study area of CALABARZON in the Philippines but the …

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How Are Government Hospitals Performing? A Study of Resource Management in DOH-retained Hospitals

Lavado, Rouselle F.; Sanglay-Dunleavy, Abigail Barbara; … - 2010

The paper attempts to provide an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines with particular emphasis on … hospitals being managed by the DOH. The paper begins with an overview of the hospital sector in the Philippines, describing the …

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Do Barangays Really Matter in Local Services Delivery? Some Issues and Policy Options

Lavado, Rouselle F.; Layug, Allan S.; Pantig, Ida Marie T. - 2010

This paper, which is borne out of the need to address scarcity of evidence-based studies on barangay financing, analyzes and evaluates key issues on financing of devolved functions at the barangay level, with particular focus on fund utilization and program allocation, and proposes some policy...

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Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA): Toward a Framework for Regional Economic Integration

Medalla, Erlinda M.; Balboa, Jenny D.; Vidar-Vale, Catherine - 2010

first bilateral free trade agreement entered into by the Philippines, the performance of and experience with JPEPA are … crucial in determining the prospects for negotiated trade agreements with the country. The Philippines cannot afford to slow …

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Determinants of Locating R&D Activity in the Philippines: Policy Implications

Yap, Josef T.; Macasaquit, Mari-Len R.; Gonzales, … - 2010

the first set of factors relate to the home country. A survey of firms operating in the Philippines was conducted to … determine which factors are deemed important and areas where the Philippines is deemed inadequate. The findings have important … encourage firms to locate in the Philippines are: (i) good quality of education; and (ii) protection of intellectual property …

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Scenarios and Options for Productivity Growth in Philippine Agriculture: An Application of the Agricultural Multimarket Model for Policy Evaluation (AMPLE)

Briones, Roehlano M. - 2010

Sustaining and accelerating agricultural growth remains a development imperative in view of persistent rural poverty and emerging threats to food security. While growth can be achieved by expansion of agricultural area and input intensification, growth through improvement in productivity is a...

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