This paper surveys urbanization and spatial development in the Philippines by reviewing studies dealing one way to another with the subject. The objective is to put spatial and urban issues in perspective so that an understanding of them may cumulate through research. Research on these issues...

The Philippine fiscal picture shows an economy that has not yet achieved sustainable long-term fiscal balance. It had taken major steps in this direction from 1990 to 1996. However, since the Asian Crisis, the picture has deteriorated. The tax ratio has declined, the fiscal balance has turned to...

This paper studies and tests a hypothesis about how racial preferences influence the choice of urban residential location. The hypothesis implies a pattern of housing prices which lead to racial segregation. Data from San Mateo Country, California is used in the study. Utilizing the technique of...

The history of land settlement programs in the Philippines from 1900 to 1975 is reviewed from secondary sources, including three case studies. A few similarities are noticed among all of the resettlement movements: (a) a small number of families that are directly resettled by government programs...

A two-good model of small open economy, in which production of one good is characterized by an extra-firms, intra-industry externality, is constructed. In contrast to previous studies of infant-industry protection, the planning horizon is considered to be finite. The conditions under which...

The implications of differences in transaction cost environments on the fertility and nutrition decisions of rural households are analyzed. Losses from shirking and the supervision cost incurred create a wedge between the marginal revenue product of hired labour and the offered wage and the...

Over the past twenty- five years, policy changes in the Philippines and global trends leading to market and financial integration have unleashed forces that are changing the country’s economic structure. One of the most important effects is the increasing importance of overseas remittances to...

“What are the prospects of the Philippine economy after the presidential election of 2004?” Before speculating on this question, the paper discusses four major problems of the economy that the new president will face after the elections. These are (a) the weak long-term performance; (b) the...