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We all need more education: What can be done to reduce teacher absenteeism
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 20093ie Brief No. 5, March 2009 Monitoring and financial incentives have been shown to have a significant impact on absenteeism, whereas local monitoring of attendance has failed to have such an impact. However, more evidence is required to strengthen these conclusions.DocumentHow Successful Are Government Interventions in Food Markets? Insights from the Philippine Rice Market
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007This paper investigates the Philippine government's price stabilization policy for rice. Seemingly unrelated regressions are used to examine the effectiveness of the program at regional and national levels over a 21-year period (January 1983 to December 2003).DocumentMigration Outflow and Remittance Patterns in Indonesia: National as well as Subnational Perspective
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011The article compares and contrasts the scale and composition of workers` outflow and remittance flow from 1994 to 2012 at the national level and in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara--two big migrant-sending provinces. Analysis over the longer period gives a better understanding of contemporary characteristics of volatility in labour deployment.DocumentWho Benefits from the Food-for-School Program and Tindahan Natin Program: Lessons in Targeting
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007The prevalence of hunger in the Philippines prompted the government to launch its hunger mitigation initiative in November 2005. Such initiative consisted of two programs: the Food-for-School Program (FSP) and the Tindahan Natin Program (TNP). The FSP belongs to a class of social safety nets called conditional cash or in-kind transfers.DocumentFinancing Infrastructure in the Philippines: Fiscal Landscape and Resources Mobilization
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014This study assesses the sources and levels of infrastructure financing in the Philippines for the last five years (2008-2012). The mapping of fiscal resources showed that there had been underinvestment in infrastructure.DocumentThe Potential Impacts of a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union on the Philippine Fisheries Sector
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014This study assessed the likely economic, distributional, and fisheries resource impacts of a potential free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and European Union (EU) on the fisheries sector of the former. The study used secondary data from institutional sources and results and findings of past studies.Documentpidspjd11-malaysia.pdf
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011This paper examines Malaysia`s policy on irregular migrants and its implementation, and discusses its impact. A survey and interview covering 404 respondents was conducted between July 2010 and June 2011 to ascertain the real situations surrounding irregular migrants in Malaysia, which is one of the major host countries of international migrants from developing nations.DocumentAn Analysis of the Philippine Offensive and Defensive Interests in the Non-agricultural Sector: Inputs to the Philippine- European Union Free Trade Agreement
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014In drawing up the negotiating stance of the Philippines in light of the Philippines-European Union (PH-EU) free trade agreement (FTA), it is important to articulate its offensive and defensive interests. Indications of the offensive and defensive interests can be gleaned from standard measures of competitiveness as well as complementarities of the partners.DocumentForeign Labor in Singapore: Rationale, Policies, Impacts, and Issue
Philippine Journal of Development, 2011Singapore has one of the most open economies in Asia in terms of trade, capital inflows, and foreign labor inflows. The foreign labor policy is dual track, with measures to attract foreign talent and control the inflow of low-skilled labor through work permits and levies and dependency ceilings.DocumentProspects for a Philippines-European Union Free Trade Agreement: Implications for Agriculture
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014This study examines the impact of a potential Philippines-European Union (EU) free trade agreement (FTA) on the agricultural sector.Pages