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    Building Philippine SMEs resilience to natural disasters

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    Disasters are bad for business specifically for SMEs. These catastrophic events can compromise capital, logistics, product market and labour, which compromise business continuity and recovery.
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    Compilation and synthesis of major agricultural value chain analysis in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    This report is an output of a stock-taking of value chain studies and gap analysis for major agricultural commodities. This involves reviewing and synthesizing existing studies, particularly the ones recently completed, as well as the available road maps and master plans, for the strategic commodities relevant for selected ARC (Agrarian Reform Community) clusters.
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    Competition reform in the Philippine rice sector

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The rice sector is regulated by the National Food Authority (NFA), with imports under a statutory monopoly. Consistent with previous studies done on the rice supply chain, a rapid appraisal finds that the domestic paddy and rice supply chain is highly competitive. Entry into import business is however severely curtailed.
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    Does innovation mediate good firm performance?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    Private firms invest in physical capital and human resource but they are also advised to invest in innovations to be more productive and profitable. Innovations refer to the development, deployment, and economic utilization of new products, processes, and services. It is important for firms to know whether investment in innovations is investment well-spent.
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    How are firms responding to Philippine Free Trade Agreements?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Philippines has been more cautious in its policy towards free trade agreements (FTAs) than other ASEAN member states, having signed, so far, only one bilateral agreement with Japan in addition to the various ASEAN+1 agreements. While the Government is expected to progressively reduce preferential tariffs to zero, Philippine firms have historically been slow to take advantage of FTAs.
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    Analysis of specific legal and trade-related issues in a possible PH-EU economic partnership

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The paper provides a broad overview of the mandate of the Philippine Constitution in relation to commitments made under free trade agreements and compares this to the EU mandate as a means of assessing the underlying development goals of each party and, in particular, the strengths and weaknesses of the Philippines’ trade-related policies and institutional structures.
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    A system-wide study of the logistics industry in the Greater Capital Region

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Port of Manila, the largest seaport in the country, has been recognised as the most widely used port in the Greater Capital Region with utilization rate of 71.6% compared to only 2.3% and 6.1% utilisation of Batangas and Subic Ports, respectively (NEDA, 2012).
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    Toward an enabling set of rules of origin for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnertship

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The global arena in recent decades has witnessed a rise in regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). Asia came in late but has now become very active in FTA engagement, with ASEAN at the hub of most of the FTA activity.
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    Toward an effective regulatory management system: Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    In the emerging ASEAN Economic Community, regulatory quality and coherence will be critical in stimulating investments and improving the overall business and in vestment climate.
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    The growth of micro and small, cluster based furniture manufacturing firms and their implications for poverty reduction in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2012
    Micro, small, and medium manufacturing enterprises (MSMEs) offer good examples of firm clustering and incipient entry points for industrial development in Tanzania. This study analyses the growth of cluster-based, micro and small furniture-manufacturing firms located in the Keko, Buguruni-Malapa, and Mbezi Beach kwa Komba industrial clusters.

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