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    Community-based approaches toward upgrading of informal settlements: alternative strategies and recommendations for policymaking

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    Within the last 30 years, the relevance of participatory methodologies has continuously been increasing in the housing sector in transition and developing countries.
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    Conditional cash transfer program in the Philippines: is it reaching the extremely poor?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    The Philippine government shows its serious effort to combat poverty through the continuing expansion of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines` version of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program modeled by Latin American countries.
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    What constrains PWDs to participate in discount privileges? The case of bus fare and medical care discounts in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    The Philippines is at par with developed economies in terms of creating and passing laws that protect and uphold the rights of, and mainstream persons with disability (PWDs) into the society.
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    Big data for measuring progress and development: big insights or big issues?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    "Big data" has become a buzzword in business, technology, and science taking over the hype from "data mining" and other similar terms about the use of information from huge databases.
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    Employment of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the Philippines: the case of Metro Manila and Rosario, Batangas

    2013
    Persons with disability (PWDs) are among the vulnerable groups in the country that need utmost attention from the government. This is perhaps the reason why the institutional and legal environment has been made favorable to this particular group, especially in the area of employment. However, earlier reports note that the quality of employment of PWDs still needs improvement.
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    Effects of minimum wage on the Philippine economy

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    This policy note presents the results of a study that explores the effects of labor policies on the industry. In particular, it examines the minimum wage policy by disentangling and controlling various factors that may confound the effects of minimum wages on employment. Using various econometric methods, the study finds that the minimum wage policy reduces employment in small firms.
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    Is growth really jobless?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    The stellar economic growth in the country since 2012 has not been subsequently accompanied by a significant reduction in poverty or by increased employment. Is the country`s economic growth really jobless? The description about the Philippine economy being jobless stems from the seeming divergence in growth between economic growth and employment.
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    Clarifying the jobs challenge

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    The jobs challenge is not simply the lack of job opportunities. A more nuanced view is the inability of the common person to earn a decent living through productive employment or self-employment. Viewing the issue as such reveals the other dimensions of the lack of job opportunities issue.
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    How should income-based grantees in tertiary education be chosen?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    Helping poor but deserving students get a college degree is one way to break the cycle of poverty. The question, however, is how these scholars should be chosen.
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    Aspirations and challenges for economic and social development in the Philippines toward 2030

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    The Philippines continues to demonstrate a development puzzle. Despite abundant natural and human resources, its development record pales in comparison with its neighbors in East Asia. This study presents a SWOT analysis to explain the economic development of the Philippines.

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