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There are three major developments in the area of foreign trade in 1990s: (a) the WTO-Uruguay Round agreement in 1995; (b) the AFTA agreement; and (c) the series of unilateral trade reform programs of the government. The paper attempts to make an impact assessment of these reforms during the period...
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There are three major developments in the area of foreign trade in 1990s: (a) the WTO-Uruguay Round agreement in 1995; (b) the AFTA agreement; and (c) the series of unilateral trade reform programs of the government. The paper attempts to make an impact assessment of these reforms during the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005785238
The development of PIDS-NEDA Macroeconometric Model is a joint effort by both institutions to come up with a model that government economic planners could use in arriving at annual and medium-term economic forecasts or targets. This paper is a summary of the complete version of the...
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This paper is a review of studies having implications on policy efforts. To facilitate the review, the studies are grouped into those dealing with the 1983-1984 economic crisis and those looking specifically into: 1) trade and industrial policies 2) agricultural policies 3) natural resources and...
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This note presents a summary of the methodology used in the construction of the Philippine National Energy Accounts (PNEA), 1970-1979. The data used and the assumptions involved are outlined.
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This paper attempts to lay the groundwork for more vigorous studies on the micro impact of macroeconomic adjustment policies in the Philippines. Specifically, it provides a framework for analyzing the impact of macroeconomic adjustment policies at the micro level. It also describes and analyzes...
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While it is heavily contended that macroeconomic policies affect household welfare and several agencies collect welfare data, no formal structure has the specific task of monitoring the conditions of households under changing macroeconomic environment. This paper seeks to identify more precisely...
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Concerns around potential losses of competitiveness as a result of unilateral action on carbon pricing are often … empirical evaluations of the impacts of carbon prices on indicators of competitiveness as employed in the literature, including …
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The concept of competitiveness, or competitive advantage, has been given numerous interpretations and tends to be … competitiveness and comparative advantage are best related to each other and how they differ. The proposed measurement serves the … purpose of quantifying the different sources of competitiveness. It is shown how it can be applied to guide policy makers in …
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