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Inequalities in income, labor, and education: the challenge of inclusive growth
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic growth has still not translated into reduction of poverty. This is in large part due to issues pertaining to distribution. Inequalities in income, as well as inequities in labour and education have provided barriers for everyone to participate in growth processes.DocumentPantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program: why "deepening" matters in achieving its human capital objectives
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) is by far the largest poverty reduction and social development program the Philippine government has ever conceived. It is also one of the most controversial because its budget is huge and it is mainly financed by loans.DocumentSchooling Outcomes in the Philippines, 1988– 2008: Impacts of Changes in Household Income and the Implementation of the Free Public Secondary Education Act
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014In the Philippines, no assessment has been done yet on the impacts of changes in household income and the free public secondary education act (Republic Act 6655) on the outcomes of education.DocumentThe Sponsored Program of the Philippine National Health Insurance – Analyses of the Actual Coverage and Variations across Regions and Provinces
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014This study established the breadth of socialized Philippine health insurance, known as the PhilHealth Sponsored Program. It examined the extent of coverage relative to its target "poor" population, how much coverage rates varied across provinces and the factors likely to explain variation.DocumentThe Impact of the Cheaper Medicines Act on Households in Metro Manila: A Qualitative Study
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014This research forms part of the "Health Systems Research Management in the Department of Health (DOH)", a project funded by the DOH and implemented by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies.DocumentEconomic policy monitor 2010: fiscal space, investment, and poverty alleviation
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011This first issue of the PIDS Economic Policy Monitor focuses on three related issues: fiscal space, investment, and poverty alleviation.DocumentEconomic policy monitor 2011: education for development
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012This issue of the PIDS Economic Policy Monitor (EPM) focuses on education in the Philippines.DocumentEconomic policy monitor 2012: regional economic integration and inclusive growth - engaging nations, embracing people
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012With the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, this report takes a look at the effects of the rapid pace of regional economic integration on the achievement of sustained, inclusive growth in the Philippines.DocumentLooking at conditions of persons with disability in Metro Manila
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009The need to understand the conditions of persons with disability (PWD) is not only linked with Philippines' aim to reduce poverty and adhere to the goals stated in the 2000 Millennium Declaration but also and, more importantly, with the goal to improve the lives of PWDs in the long run.DocumentA glimpse at the school dropout problem
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010Dropouts may appear small in number but they are preponderant among the poor which thereupon turns the wheels of intergenerational transmission of poverty against them. At the personal level, dropping out of school will mean consigning one to a future of low-income trajectory. Given a choice, one will obviously not opt for this.Pages