The Philippines is planning to shift toward adoption of an inflation targeting framework in 2001. This paper reviews …

, Philippines, and Thailand) were significantly influenced by the U.S. dollar''s day-to-day movements before the crisis, and have …

Despite robust deposit growth, credit growth has been sluggish in the Philippines. We attribute this to legacy … suggests that interest margins in the Philippines rise with bank size, bank capitalization, foreign ownership, overhead costs … reduce net interest margins, informing the policy debate on strengthening financial intermediation in the Philippines …

The Technical Assistance Report on the Philippines’ road map for a pro-growth and equitable tax system is examined. Tax … revenue has declined over the last decade in the Philippines owing to generous and expanding tax incentives, tariff rate … excise revenue owing to nonindexation. One of the key reasons for providing tax incentives in the Philippines is concern that …

This 2011 Article IV Consultation reports that the Philippines is being affected along with other countries in the …

This Selected Issues paper reports that the Philippines is influenced by global developments through both trade and …

growth in the Philippines. The Philippines is an outlier in terms of agricultural exports, investment, research and … over time and suggests that the Philippines has lacked a sustained period of relatively strong economic reforms …

This Background Paper analyzes the Philippines's experience with capital inflows. It compares the episode of 1993 … in the past. The paper concludes that inflows are consistent with a balanced and sustainable revival in the Philippines …

This paper reviews economic developments in the Philippines during 1990–95. By 1994, all the elements for a strong …