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    Towards a strategy for manufactured exports to Japan

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    The Philippines has become an export-oriented economy, with exports increasing in significance. The electronics industry, in particular, is a showcase of this newfound export prowess. Traditionally, comparative advantage is the takeoff point for understanding trade patterns in economic theory.
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    Philippines-Japan economic partnership: where is the Philippines in Japan's plan

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    Going by the statements of the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan’s top priority with regards to regional and bilateral economic partnerships (EPA) is to carryout the framework of its EPA with ASEAN by 2012 or earlier. It must be stressed that Japan is economically interested in the whole Southeast Asia, and not in any single country in it.
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    The dynamics of Philippines-Japan economic cooperation: the case of Japan's Official Development Assistance in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement is envisioned to further boost Japan's ODA to the Philippines, particularly for capital formation in the infrastructure sector. It will stimulate an increase in investment and capital accumulation causing more employment opportunities to be created. Output capacity will expand and so with cost of production.
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    A note on the competitiveness debate

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    Competitiveness is technically a firm level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea of a country's 'international competitiveness' with the following analogies: market share-->export share of country; price-->real effective exchange rate or unit labor cost; profitability-->long-run economic growth.
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    China's WTO entry: effects on its economy and implications for the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    The Philippines’ bilateral trade with China has increased steadily since China adopted the open door policy in late 1979. The growth has been particularly rapid in the nineties when Chinafocused its liberalisation on foreign trade.
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    Children and the labor force participation and earnings of parents in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    How children affects the labor force participation and earnings of mothers and fathers can spell the difference on whether additional children are can expect the needed care or not. When parents exert more effort with additional children, then their impact of on the welfare of the family will be mitigated.
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    Philippine Computable General Equilibrium Model (PCGEM)

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
     
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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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    The Philippines` absorptive capacity for foreign aid

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    Aid from donor to recipient countries on per capita basis declined from the decade of the 1980s to the 1990s. The main reason cited for this decline was “aid fatigue syndrome”, which refers to the serious doubts about the effectiveness of aid for development emerged after years of increasing aid flow during the preceding decades.

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