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Value addition: the way of the future for Philippine mining
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011This policy note reviews the Philippine mining sector with the objectives of a) determining if there are preliminary indications at this point that the sector has economically benefited from the legalisation of the mining act; b) assessing the extractive nature of the mining sector over time and reviewing what government has done to address the concern; and c) suggesting some actions thatDocumentFilipino elderly living arrangements, work activity, and labor income as old-age support
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012Results from the 2007 National Transfer Accounts (NTA) for the PhilippinesDocumentPhilippines 2007 National Transfer Accounts: financing consumption and lifecycle deficit by income group
2012The NTA flow accounts for the Philippines for the year 2007 include not only national level estimates but also estimates by income group. Three income groups are defined, referred to as income terciles. This paper examines the financing of consumption by income group. One source of financing is own labor income.DocumentPhilippines 2007 National Transfer Accounts: consumption, income, and intergenerational reallocation of resources - revised estimates
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012This paper describes the revised national level estimates of the 2007 Philippines NTA.DocumentChildren suffer from multiple dimensions of poverty
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010Aside from the rising income poverty, about half (44%) of all Filipino children are living in poverty. The lack of income can have more adverse impacts on them because unlike adults, children are still in certain developmental stages where proper nourishment is necessary and are most vulnerable to diseases.DocumentProliferation of street children: a threat to the MDGs
2010The abundance of street children in major cities in the country does not sit well with the country’s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Street children are everywhere, especially in urban areas.DocumentSchooling disparities: an early life lever for better (or worse) equity in the future
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010Schooling disparities get translated into income and other social disparities.DocumentA generalized exactly additive decomposition of aggregate labor productivity growth
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011Aggregate labor productivity (ALP) growth--i.e., growth of output per unit of labor--may be decomposed into additive contributions due to within-sector productivity growth effect, dynamic structural reallocation effect (Baumol effect), and static structural reallocation effect (Denison effect) of cross-sectional components (e.g., industry or region) of output and labor.DocumentA note on economic growth, inequality, and poverty in the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011Notable literature on the poverty and growth nexus for the Philippines point out that growth alone is not sufficient to lift the poor out of poverty.DocumentDynamics of poverty in the Philippines: distinguishing the chronic from the transient Poor
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011Poverty incidence among population rose from 24.9 percent in 2003 to 26.4 percent in 2006 and then inched up further to 26.5 percent in 2009. Although this aggregate poverty rate shows only a few percentage points change from 2003 to 2009, this does not mean there are no movements in and out of poverty.Pages