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  Ten years after: financial crisis redux or constructive financial integration and cooperation

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007

  In response to the 1997 East Asian financial crisis many schemes were initiated to reform the international financial architecture. The proposed reforms had two wide-ranging objectives: (i) to prevent currency and banking crises and better manage them when they occur; and (ii) to support adequate provision of net private and public flows to developing countries, particularly low-income ones.
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  Sustaining Philippine advantage in business process outsourcing

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005

  This study looked at the sustainability of the growth and development of business process outsourcing (BPO) in the Philippines. It was prompted by the sector`s spectacular growth in several of its subsectors, mainly contact call centers, medical transcription, animation, and software development.
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  Has liberalization strengthened the link between services and manufacturing?

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007

  Globalisation and pressure from increased competition have led to “splintering” of in-house services from formerly integrated manufacturing firms in developed economies and, at the same time, to an increase in “outsourcing” of these same services.
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  Assessing the competitiveness of the Philippine auto parts industry

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007

  In its effort to develop the domestic manufacture of automotive parts and components, the Philippine government adopted local content requirements which protected the industry for almost thirty years. The government also imposed high tariffs coupled with import restrictions on the importation of motor vehicles.
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  Market access limitations of the Philippines in the EU market

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007

  Nontariff measures are vilified for preventing exports, especially of agriculture, from developing countries. Philippine exporters seem to be taking things in stride, however. This paper estimates the cost of certification regularly borne by a typical Philippine food exporter to be less than three percent of sales, a relatively inconsequential ratio.
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  Contractual arangements in agriculture (Northern and Central Luzon Component)

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007

  This study aims to characterize and analyze the various contractual arrangements in selected agricultural commodities in parts of Central and Northern Luzon, Philippines.
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  Contractual arrangements in Philippine fisheries

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007

  Economists have begun the quest for explanations of contractual choices in developing countries and especially for pervasiveness of informal credit and insurance arrangements and interlinkages observed in agricultural and fishing contracts.
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  The determination of contracts in agricultural economies

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007

  This paper aims to analyse how contracts are determined and modified given diverse agricultural settings and to examine the implications of these changes with respect to their efficiency, distribution and sustainability.
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  Understanding the political motivations behind Japan's pursuit of an EPA with the Philippines: considerations for the Philippine side

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  This study examines the historical dimension of Japan’s foray into regionalism and bilateralism--a radical shift from an exclusively multilateralist orientation to the more strategic and flexible “dual approach.” It explains that such policy change draws motivation from certain developments taking place both in and out of Japan, including but not limited to, the country’
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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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