Search

Reset

Searching with a thematic focus on Domestic finance

Showing 371-380 of 1395 results

Pages

  • Document

    Development finance and aid in the Philippines: pplicy, institutional arrangements and flows

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Philippines’ recent economic performance has been remarkable amidst  the lingering slowdown in the global economy and the devastation brought about by recent natural disasters. The economy grew by 7.2 percent in 2013, substantially higher than its 6.8 percent growth in 2012.
  • Document

    How are firms responding to Philippine Free Trade Agreements?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Philippines has been more cautious in its policy towards free trade agreements (FTAs) than other ASEAN member states, having signed, so far, only one bilateral agreement with Japan in addition to the various ASEAN+1 agreements. While the Government is expected to progressively reduce preferential tariffs to zero, Philippine firms have historically been slow to take advantage of FTAs.
  • Document

    Analysis of specific legal and trade-related issues in a possible PH-EU economic partnership

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The paper provides a broad overview of the mandate of the Philippine Constitution in relation to commitments made under free trade agreements and compares this to the EU mandate as a means of assessing the underlying development goals of each party and, in particular, the strengths and weaknesses of the Philippines’ trade-related policies and institutional structures.
  • Document

    A system-wide study of the logistics industry in the Greater Capital Region

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Port of Manila, the largest seaport in the country, has been recognised as the most widely used port in the Greater Capital Region with utilization rate of 71.6% compared to only 2.3% and 6.1% utilisation of Batangas and Subic Ports, respectively (NEDA, 2012).
  • Document

    Assessment of the Bottom-up Budgeting Process for FY 2015

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Aquino administration through the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster (HDPRC) and Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Cluster (GGACC) launched the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) exercise in 2012 in time for the preparation of the 2013 National Expenditure Program.
  • Document

    Grassroots participatory budgeting process in Negros Province

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    In an effort to attain the manifold goals of inclusive growth, poverty reduction, and good governance at the local level, the Aquino administration implemented the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting Process (formerly called Bottom-Up Budgeting) in 2012.
  • Document

    Bottom-up budgeting FY 2015 Assessment: Camarines Sur

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    Bottom-up Budgeting or BUB (also called Grassroots Participatory Budgeting) is a budgetary reform introduced during the PNoy Aquino administration in 2012.
  • Document

    Bottom-up budgeting process assessment: Agusan del Norte

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The Aquino administration through the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster (HDPRC) and Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Cluster (GGACC) launched the bottom-up budgeting (BUB) exercise in 2012.
  • Document

    Toward an enabling set of rules of origin for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnertship

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    The global arena in recent decades has witnessed a rise in regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). Asia came in late but has now become very active in FTA engagement, with ASEAN at the hub of most of the FTA activity.
  • Document

    Toward an effective regulatory management system: Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015
    In the emerging ASEAN Economic Community, regulatory quality and coherence will be critical in stimulating investments and improving the overall business and in vestment climate.

Pages