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    SME financing

    Korea Development Institute, 2011
    The national economy of South Korea at the time of the establishment of Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) was mainly composed of the primary and the tertiary industries with a small input from the secondary industry. Therefore, both the quantitative and the qualitative significance of SMEs in the secondary industry had been immense.
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    Innovations in taxation policy

    Korea Development Institute, 2012
    The Korean government has been striving to enhance transparency in all commercial transactions with the objective of achieving equity within the context of taxation. One of the keys to accomplishing such an objective is the use of an income tax deduction scheme calculated using receipts from credit card and cash transactions.
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    Policy-based lending programs in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1994
    Despite deregulation of the financial markets such as liberalization of foreign bank entry and branching, the government continues to directly intervene in the credit markets through several special credit programs.
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    Preferential trading agreements and agricultural liberalization in East and Southeast Asia

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    This paper analyses how various preferential trading arrangements deal with agriculture liberalization and examines a few case studies highlighting the provisions on agriculture. It assesses the effect of preferential trade agreements on agriculture trade flows in the case of ASEAN.
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    Deliberating a Philippine-US Free Trade Agreement: issues, challenges and prospects

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    As a result of changing conditions in the world market and increasing global competition, trade and integration arrangements have become a part of economic and development strategies of countries. Bilateral economic partnerships or Free Trade Agreements are seen as an option in creating a stable economy and in creating an environment attractive for investment.
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    The Politico-Strategic dimension of the US proposal for a Free Trade Agreement with the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    This research paper examines the politico-strategic motivations of the Bush Administration’s effort to foster Free Trade Agreements to a number of countries, including the Philippines. It argues that FTAs are being used by the U.S. as means of advancing the trade interest of American business, as well as ensuring its leadership in the global political economy.
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    The impact of a Philippine-US FTA: the case of Philippine agriculture

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    The paper examines the effect of an RP-US FTA in the Philippine agricultural sector. Using an Applied General Equilibrium (AGE) Model, it analyzes the impact of the removal of tariffs on imports from the US on the various commodities in agriculture and food processing.
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    Issues and pospects on the movement of natural persons and human capital development in the Philippine-American Economic Relations

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    The United States of America is the top trading partner of the Philippines and also the top destination of highly skilled and professional Filipino workers. This paper explores the possibility of a free trade agreement (FTA) that covers the asymmetries of the two countries in labor, services and human resources development, particularly educational services. The existing FTAs of the U.S.
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    Assessment of competitiveness and logistics infrastructure of the Philippine garments industry

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    The paper discusses the state of the Philippine garments industry, with specific focus on its competitiveness and logistics infrastructure, and how the industry can make use of the prospective Free Trade Agreement with the US.
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    Enhancement and deepening of the competitiveness of the Philippine electronics industry under a bilateral setting

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2006
    The participation of the Philippines in the global production network of multinational electronic companies has undoubtedly shaped the pattern and structure of the country’s international trade since the early 1990s.

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