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    Expanding RP-US linkages in business process outsourcing

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector has experienced unprecedented global growth. This has greatly benefited the Philippines, where BPO has five main segments: call centers, medical transcription, animation, software development, and shared services.
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    Implications of an RP-US FTA on the Philippine financial services industry and the Philippine economy

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    The Philippines to remain competitive in the dynamic finance world has introduced reforms into its financial system. In the 80s and 90s, the Philippine financial system underwent reforms covering the banking industry, financial markets and insurance to promote a liberalized environment.
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    Assessment of community-based systems monitoring household welfare

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    The analysis of micro impacts of macroeconomic adjustment policies (MIMAP) is a relatively new discipline. It has spawned out of the concern that adjustment policies aimed to correct macroeconomic imbalances have adverse impacts to vulnerable sectors. This paper seeks to make an inventory and an evaluation of existing and proposed community-based monitoring systems.
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    Review of macroeconomic methods and microeconomic valuation methods applied in the natural resources and environment sector

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    The analysis of micro impacts of macroeconomic adjustment policies (MIMAP) has been extended to the environment and natural resources sectors. This research is devoted for the review of the different macroeconomic models and microeconomic valuation methods in the analysis of the sector. In particular, this reviews the empirical works in the Philippines using these methods.
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    The impact of agrarian reform on credit markets in the aquaculture sector

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    This study focuses on the impact of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program on the industry’s access to formal finance.
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    Intentions vs. implementation of Philippine economic reforms under Aquino, 1986-92

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    This paper explains the gaps between official objectives and the actual accomplishments of the Aquino government, with an emphasis on the implementation record of agricultural-based strategies. A summary of the lessons learned is provided.
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    Impact of trade policy reforms on the environment

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2001
    The paper attempts to provide a theoretical analysis as well as some indicators on the linkage between trade policy and the environment. The results indicate some positive impact of trade reforms on the environment and the findings suggest that the Philippines should pursue its current thrust towards greater trade liberalisation and implement the corresponding environmental measures.
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    Towards a model for analyzing the impact of macroeconomic adjustment policies on households: A review of empirical household models in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    This paper has two objectives: determination and assessment how the existing empirical household models capture the effects of changes in macroeconomic variables on the welfare of the Filipino household and identification of research gaps in the literature.
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    Intellectual property rights: talking points for RP-US FTA negotiations

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    This paper discusses certain issues and questions on adequacy of intellectual property laws, enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights and improved market access for persons and entities relying on intellectual property rights, in the light of the proposed negotiations for an RP (Philippines) - US Free Trade Agreement.
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    Gender-responsive budgeting through the CBMS lens

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    This paper results from a series of international workshops that brought together CBMS and GRB practitioners to discuss how the community-based monitoring system (CBMS) can be used to facilitate gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) at the local level.

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