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    Preliminary results of the survey on Persons with Disabilities conducted in selected Metro Manila cities

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) recognize the need to understand the link between disability and poverty. In fact this has become one of the key issues in the subject of poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific.
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    Institutions serving Philippine international labor migrants

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This paper discusses public and private institutions that were established in the Philippines to provide services to Filipino international migrant workers. Thirty years of having explicit policy on international labor migration has resulted to the creation of various public agencies to promote, manage, and protect migrant workers.
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    Local service delivery of potable water in the Philippines: national review and case analysis

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target that 86.6 percent of the population of countries would have adequate access to safe drinking water by 2015 (NEDA 2007). For its part, the Philippine government aims that 92 to 96 percent of its citizens would have sufficient water supply at an even earlier date, by 2010.
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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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    Housing policy, strategy and recent developments in market-based housing finance

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999
    The rapid formation of new households in the Philippines, especially in urban areas, has contributed to an acute demand for housing that the market has not satisfied. The demand-supply gap is mostly noticeable at the lower end of the housing market as low-income households fail to have access to decent housing.
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    Fiber crops program area research planning and prioritization

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002
    The fiber crops industry is one of Philippines' major pillars in employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. However, recent trade developments and local production problems in the fiber crops industry might affect its long-term sustainability and viability.
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    Coconut program area research planning and prioritization

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    The coconut industry is one of Philipines' major pillars in employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. However, local production problems, the expansion in coconut hectarage of neighboring countries, and recent developments in biotechnology research on other competing crops that have high lauric oil content might affect its long-term sustainability and viability.
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    Factors motivating participation of persons with disability in the Philippines: the discount privilege in goods and services

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    In urban Philippines, the percentage of persons with disability (PWDs) participating in various government and nongovernment programs is low. In fact, the level of awareness among PWDs on the policies that intend to uplift their well-being is also low. These were some of the findings of a 2008 survey on persons with disability in selected cities in Metro Manila.
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    Employment Choices of Persons with Disability (PWDs) in Metro Manila

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    In 2008, employment had already been included in the set of targets under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The member-countries are now committed to monitor progress towards achievement of full and productive employment as well as decent work for all segments of the population, including persons with disabilities (PWDs).
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    Tourism fuels an emerging city: The case of Tagbilaran City, Bohol

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    This paper traces the urbanization experience of Tagbilaran City, Bohol taking into account the demographic development that took place, as well as the perceived contribution of tourism in the city’s quest to firmly establish and improve its urban status.

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