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  Governance and urban development: case study of Metro Manila

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999

  This paper explains the evolution of the metropolitan organizations that have been established to oversee the development of Metro Manila, provides a survey of their responsibilities, authorities, organizational structure, financing, institutional relationships as well as briefly assess their strengths and weaknesses.
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  Transforming Land Bank into a microfinance development institution

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000

  The economic crisis, which has put the Philippines under severe stress, is a stark reminder that the country’s economy has remained fragile despite the respectable growth realized during the first half of the 1990s.
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  Report on cash transfer programmes (CTPs) from a human rights perspective

  United Nations General Assembly, 2009

  Non-contributory cash transfer programmes (CTPs) provide payments in the form of cash to individuals or households with the key objective of increasing their real income in order to enable a minimum level of consumption within the household.
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  Women workers and the politics of claims-making in a globalizing economy

  Political and Social Economy of Care (UNRISD), 2015

  This paper draws on empirical studies to examine how the politics of claims-making by women workers in the Global South have evolved in the context of increased globalisation.
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  'I Didn't Struggle to be Poor': the interwovenness of party, state and business in Mozambique

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Review Report (CRR) for Mozambique, published in July 2010, indicates that the interwovenness of party, government, state and business (hereafter referred to as interwovenness) is a serious issue in the country.
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  The wealth within, the wealth unseen: reflections on the Gulf of Guinea’s maritime domain

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  The rapid escalation of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Aden over the past decade has made maritime security a policy priority both for Africa and globally. Although maritime security incidents also increased in the Gulf of Guinea, on Africa’s western coast, this area did not initially generate the same degree of diplomatic and military response.
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  Modi’s new foreign policy agenda and the implications for Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  The third India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) took place in New Delhi in October 2015, just over a year after Narendra Modi became prime minister. Situating India–Africa ties within the context of India’s evolving geopolitical calculations, which see its strategic space being defined as stretching from the Suez to the Pacific, is likely to have a significant impact on the relationship.
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  A Study of Housing Subsidies in the Philippines

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1998

  The government of the Philippines has estimated big amount of money for building new housing units and renovation/upgrading of old housing units for the 1993-1998. The rapid formation of new households has contributed to an acute demand for housing. Hence, the existence of demand-supply gap, mostly prominent in the lower end of the housing market.
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  Local efforts in housing provision

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1998

  From the provision of the Local Government Code, various LGUs have provided the housing requirements of the less-privileged sectors. This paper presents an overview of the existing knowledge and policy experience in local housing innovations in the cities of Palawan, Naga and San Carlos. It also highlights the key concerns and issues gathered from the experience of these cities.
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  Land use planning in Metro Manila and the urban fringe: implications on the land and real estate market

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000

  This paper examines land use planning in Metro Manila and the urban fringe and analyses its effect on transactions in the urban land and real estate market.

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