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A note on the competitiveness debate
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004Competitiveness is technically a firm level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea of a country's 'international competitiveness' with the following analogies: market share-->export share of country; price-->real effective exchange rate or unit labor cost; profitability-->long-run economic growth.DocumentChina's WTO entry: effects on its economy and implications for the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004The Philippines’ bilateral trade with China has increased steadily since China adopted the open door policy in late 1979. The growth has been particularly rapid in the nineties when Chinafocused its liberalisation on foreign trade.DocumentChildren and the labor force participation and earnings of parents in the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005How children affects the labor force participation and earnings of mothers and fathers can spell the difference on whether additional children are can expect the needed care or not. When parents exert more effort with additional children, then their impact of on the welfare of the family will be mitigated.DocumentGlobal study on child poverty and disparities: the case of the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010In a country where poverty is prevalent, a significant number of children are likely to be illiterate, malnourished, and prone to abuse and physical violence. The Philippines is no different.DocumentImpact of the global financial and economic crisis on the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010The 2008 global economic and financial crisis spawned a synchronized recession among industrialized countries leading to a contraction in world trade. Exports from developing countries fell sharply dragging many of them into the global economic downturn.DocumentA review of the components of the medium-term national action agenda for productivity: industrial sector
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000The paper looks into the major factors which affect the efficiency of the product market in the Philippines. In particular, the paper examines the policy environment, which could induce better resource allocation, foster dynamic efficiency and thereby increase the productivity of the industrial sector.DocumentDeterminants of locating R&D activity in the Philippines: policy implications
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010Research and development (R&D) is an important resource for sustained economic growth. New knowledge created by a firm has spillover effects that improve the productivity of other firms and even other sectors. This is the heart of endogenous growth theory.DocumentPhilippine Computable General Equilibrium Model (PCGEM)
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000DocumentThe cost of redistributive land reform in the Philippines: assessment of PD 27 and RA 6657 (CARL)
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010This paper examines the cost of implementing redistributive land reform in the Philippines. Land redistribution has become the core feature of land reform in the country since 1972 with the approval of PD 27. The coverage of the program was expanded to all agricultural lands under RA 6657 or CARL of 1988.DocumentProperty rights reform in Philippine agriculture: framework for analysis and review of recent experience
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000This paper constructs a framework for and reviews studies on property rights reforms in the agricultural and natural resources sector.Pages