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    Economy-wide model of the Philippine economy: Preliminary version

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1997
    Utilizing the Jemio and Vos Financial Computable General Equilibrium, this paper presents the simulation results of the economic adjustments during 1987-1993, focusing on the impact of the adjustments on factor payments, income distribution and on macroeconomy such as GDP, prices and sectoral production.
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    Economic issueof the day: inflation

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    Many Filipino families continue to feel the burden of rising commodity prices. The hardship is aggravated when basic food items like rice, sugar, and corn have difficulty finding their way to the tables of the Mang Pandoys, especially since the latter's incomes do not increase proportionally with the rise in prices.
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    Effects of the uniform 5% tariff on manufacturing

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1997
    This study argues that there will be substantial benefits from the 5 per cent uniform tariff rate to be implemented in the Philippines by 2004. It states that these benefits are in the form of greater import competition, improved efficiency and better resource allocation.
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    Oil price increase: can something be done to minimize its effects?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Philippine economy, it is observed that the impact of an oil price change is negative. It is negative not only in terms of economic growth, but also in terms of income inequality and welfare.
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    Minimum wage and informality in Ecuador

    United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2014
    This paper investigates if changes in the minimum wage have influenced changes on the formality and informality rates, and the level of wages in Ecuador. A 12-year panel was built. It allows to overcome the short time span of household data and so to characterize changes over time. Results suggest that the minimum wage has virtually no effect on employment and wages.
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    Taxes and transition: formalising small-scale farmers in Peru?

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2015
    Like many developing countries, Peru needs to increase tax collection to provide public goods and services for its people. In the agricultural sector, out of a total of 2.2 million farmers only 42,000 pay taxes; 1.8 million work on less than five hectares of land, most in the informal sector.
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    Prospects of stronger economic cooperation between the ASEAN and India: implications for the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    This Policy Note explores the prospects and opportunities of a dynamic ASEAN-Indian trade and investment relation. Specifically, it analyzes the greater economic relation between India and the Philippines in the services sector, particularly in information technology and business process outsourcing (IT-BPO).
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    Why we should pay attention to the Middle Class

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The middle class plays a critical role in the development of a country. It is not only expected to create employment as business start-ups but also to boost investment and production as consumers. This Policy Note describes the middle class and provides its contributions to economic growth. It adopts an alternative definition by dividing the income distribution based on official poverty lines.
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    Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP): why a second look at its implementing guidelines is a must

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Philippines Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP) is a PHP 1 billion flexible credit facility that is intended for farmers and fisherfolk who are nonagrarian reform beneficiaries and are engaged in priority commodities identified by the Department of Agriculture in the 20 poorest provinces of the country.
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    Agricultural Credit and Policy Council (ACPC): performing more than it should

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Agricultural Credit and Policy Council (ACPC) has the mandate of coordinating all credit policies and programs in support of the Department of Agriculture’s policy and program priorities. It is also the administrator of the Agro-Industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program (AMCFP).

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