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    Managing capital flows: the case of the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    During the previous five years or so, most East Asian economies including the Philippines experienced a rising level of foreign exchange reserves and rapidly appreciating currencies both in nominal and real terms. One cause has been the resurgence of capital flows, which makes the issue of how to manage them relevant.
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    Industrial Agglomeration in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    The economic reform process in the Philippines was accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s. The reforms were found to have yielded positive results in terms of the nature of industrial agglomeration in the country as this was found to have occurred in the 1990s based on the results of the survey and econometrics analyses.
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    Impacts of the Free Trade Area of the Pacific (FTAAP) on production, consumption, and trade of the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    While the Philippines is not a stranger to free trade areas and other regional trading arrangements, there remains a number of economic issues that need to be clarified. The basic question is whether the country will experience net economic benefits from the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
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    Financial Services Integration in East Asia: lessons from the European Union

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    Economic integration in the European Union has, arguably, been one of the most significant developments in the global economy in the last half-century. Other regions in the world, to a greater or lesser degree, appear to be in quest of a similar goal – the integration of their regional economies. What lessons could they learn from the European Union experience?
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    Investment and capital flows: implications of the ASEAN economic community

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    One of the objectives of the evolving ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is to promote free investment flows and freer capital flows. By deepening economic integration among them, ASEAN member countries can establish a region-wide production base that will attract more foreign direct investment and strengthen the existing FDI-trade nexus in East Asia.
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    Closer tade and financial cooperation in ASEAN: issues at the regional and national level with focus on the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Trade and financial policies in ASEAN-member countries have contributed to the goal of economic integration. One important feature of this process is the need to narrow the development gap in the region in order to make economic integration more effective and meaningful.
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    Understanding the political motivations behind Japan's pursuit of an EPA with the Philippines: considerations for the Philippine side

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    This study examines the historical dimension of Japan’s foray into regionalism and bilateralism--a radical shift from an exclusively multilateralist orientation to the more strategic and flexible “dual approach.” It explains that such policy change draws motivation from certain developments taking place both in and out of Japan, including but not limited to, the country’
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    Philippines-Japan economic partnership: where is the Philippines in Japan's plan

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    Going by the statements of the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan’s top priority with regards to regional and bilateral economic partnerships (EPA) is to carryout the framework of its EPA with ASEAN by 2012 or earlier. It must be stressed that Japan is economically interested in the whole Southeast Asia, and not in any single country in it.
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    Philippines-Japan free trade agreement: analyzing its potential impact using a Computable General Equilibrium Model

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    The object of this study is to analyze the potential impact of the Philippines-Japan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the Philippine economy using a computable general equilibrium model.
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    Revisiting sectoral liberalization: an alternative to the FTAAP? Implications on the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The constant search for fresh impetus to revive trade liberalization inspired APEC members to consider the preferential route. The Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) has not been met by an overwhelming show of support by all members. While ambitious, a

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