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  Analysis of the Employed Program of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014

  The Employed Program of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) caters to those in the formal sector. Included are those in the government and private sectors with a formal employer-employee relationship.
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  The Prevalence of Philippine Prescribing, Dispensing, and Use Behavior in Relation to Generic Drugs and their Risk Factors

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014

  This study was designed to address the issue of compliance of physicians and drugstores to the provisions of Generics Act of 1988. Furthermore, it aims to explore the awareness of consumers on generic medicines to explain current trends and practices in drug prescribing, dispensing, and use. The study utilized a cross-sectional design.
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  Barriers of Early TB Diagnosis among the Poor in Highly Urbanized Areas in the Philippines

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014

  Over the last decade, there was a significant drop in mortality and morbidity cases attributed to tuberculosis (TB). The high TB Case Detection (CDR) and Treatment Success Rates (TSR) may have underpinned the decreasing prevalence. Despite these successes, TB still appears to be a major health problem in the country.
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  The Sponsored Program of the Philippine National Health Insurance – Analyses of the Actual Coverage and Variations across Regions and Provinces

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014

  This study established the breadth of socialized Philippine health insurance, known as the PhilHealth Sponsored Program. It examined the extent of coverage relative to its target "poor" population, how much coverage rates varied across provinces and the factors likely to explain variation.
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  The Impact of the Cheaper Medicines Act on Households in Metro Manila: A Qualitative Study

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014

  This research forms part of the "Health Systems Research Management in the Department of Health (DOH)", a project funded by the DOH and implemented by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
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  Implications of an EU FTA to the Philippine Labor Market

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014

  The Philippines is currently negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU). This paper is expected to shed light on these negotiations in terms of the possible effects of the FTA on the employment in particular. Conceptually, the effects of FTA on the labor market may come from two sources.
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  Formulating the Philippine Services Strategy for Inclusive Growth

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014

  The paper looks at the role of services in the economy and discusses why competitive services are necessary for achieving inclusive growth. An overview of Philippine services sectors is first presented highlighting their economic contribution as well as performance. This is followed by a discussion of the country`s record in services trade particularly in exports.
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  How can ASEAN centrality in East Asian community be maintained?

  Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2012

  Although the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is the hub of regionalism in East Asia, ASEAN centrality is under pressure of this regionalization process.
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  Commodity windfalls, polarization, and net foreign assets: panel data evidence on the voracity effect

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  Basic inter-temporal theory of the current account predicts that countries which experience temporary revenue windfalls from international commodity price booms should experience an increase in their net foreign assets. This paper examines the effects that windfalls from international commodity price booms have on net foreign assets in a panel of 145 countries during the period 1970-2007.
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  Assessing the global effect of trade facilitation: evidence from the MIRAGE model

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  This paper contributes to the empirical literature on trade facilitation by capturing the complexity of the trade facilitation by using ad-valorem equivalents (AVEs) of administrative barriers estimated from a gravity model. Furthermore, the paper introduces trade facilitation in the multiregional and multi-sectoral CGE model, MIRAGE.

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