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    The 2008 financial crisis and potential output in Asia: impact and policy implications

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    Monitoring the behavior of potential output helps policymakers implement appropriate policies in response to an economic crisis. In the short-run, estimates of the output gap will guide the timing of implementation and withdrawal of stimulus measures.
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    Innovations in financing food security

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    Food production will have to increase by 70% in 2050 to keep up with a global population that is projected to grow from 6 billion to 9 billion (UN, 2009). Given the physical and environmental constraints on increasing land and water use for food production and other economic activities, agricultural productivity will have to substantially improve to meet increasing demand for food.
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    Comparing GDP in constant and in chained prices: some new results

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This paper’s framework for GDP in chained prices yields GDP in constant prices as a special case of constant relative prices, i.e., these GDP measures differ only when relative prices change. The framework has a novel additive procedure, counter to the prevailing view that GDP in chained prices is non-additive.
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    Revisiting sectoral liberalization: an alternative to the FTAAP? Implications on the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The constant search for fresh impetus to revive trade liberalization inspired APEC members to consider the preferential route. The Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) has not been met by an overwhelming show of support by all members. While ambitious, a
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    Scenarios and options for productivity growth in Philippine agriculture: an application of the Agricultural Multimarket Model for Policy Evaluation (AMPLE)

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 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 promising option. However, productivity growth appears to be a relatively low priority for policy.
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    Assessing the competitiveness of the Philippine IT industry

    2000
    The development experience of the past three decades has demonstrated the strategic role information technology (IT) has on the global economy. As an industry, IT has dominated world trade growth in the 1990s contributing to the rapid growth of exports. As a generic technology, it has also revolutionized production process by cutting costs and enhancing product quality and performance.
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    The role of the private sector in regional economic integration: a view from the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    The private sector is the driver of growth in most ASEAN economies. It is therefore expected to play a significant role in the process of economic integration in ASEAN. In the Philippines, the private sector has dominated the economy, contributing about 95 percent of GDP, but it has not lived up to its potential.
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    Integrating SMEs into the East Asian region: Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    In the Philippines, micro and small and medium enterprises comprise 99 percent of all manufacturing enterprises and any improvement in their  capabilities is important in both economic and social aspects.
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    Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural policy indicators

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    For the Philippines, agricultural growth has been slow and erratic since the 1980s. Previous studies have argued that poor agricultural performance has been caused largely by weaknesses in the sector’s policy and institutional framework.
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    Credit subsidy in Philippine agriculture

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    As the rural economy develops and transforms, opportunities for investments in farm enterprise and technological changes require complementary investments that increase demand for working and investment capital.

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