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    Profitable use of SCF in a policy context: the case of rice stockholding in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing its mandates of buying high and selling low.
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    Population growth and economic development in the Philippines: what has been the experience and what must be done?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999
    The paper reviews the continuing debate on the interrelationships between population growth and economic development with particular attention to its relevance to Philippine socioeconomic development. The aim is to put the development history of the country in perspective so that a stronger resolve to address the population problem is established.
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    A review of social insurance in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This paper aims to review and assess the protection afforded by the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), two of the three agencies tasked with administering social insurance in the country.
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    Crop isurance: security for farmers and agricultural stakeholders in the face of seasonal climate variability

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    Crop insurance is a risk management tool designed to even out agricultural risks and address the consequences of natural disasters to make losses more bearable, especially to the marginalized farmers. In the Philippines, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) implements and manages the government program on agricultural insurance.
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    Regional economic growth and convergence in the Philippines: 1975-1997

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999
    This study is a quantitative assessment of regional development performance in terms of economic growth and convergence (described simply as the minimization of disparities in regional income) during the period 1975-1997.
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    Marketing and Post-Harvest Research (MPR) in the Philippine Fisheries: A review of literature

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    The need for efficiency in handling perishable fish and products and the overwhelming gross value added of the fishery sector are among the major reasons for the interest in marketing and post-harvest research (MPR).
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    Estimation of the food poverty line

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The measurement of poverty essentially hinges on choosing a welfare indicator, and setting a poverty line, i.e. a minimum value of the welfare indicator that households (or persons) must have to fulfill their basic needs.
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    Philippine productivity performance in the 1990s: An assessment

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    This paper examines the total factor productivity performance (TFP) of the Philippines in the 1990s in order to provide a picture of the extent of the productivity concern that needs to be addressed in the Medium-Term National Action Agenda for Productivity, 2000-2004.
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    Some statistical dimensions in the generation of Philippine poverty statistics

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This paper presents some statistical issues and possible solutions in the estimation of Philippine Poverty Statistics based on the official methodology adopted. In particular, the paper shows the effect of survey weights used in the estimation of population counts, number of households, number of poor persons among others.
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    Small Area Estimation of poverty statistics

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    In response to high demands for lower level poverty estimates, the National Statistical Coordination Board releases provincial estimates, in addition to the national and regional, starting with the 1997 FIES. However, estimates of the coefficients of variation (CV) of several provincial estimates indicate that the resulting poverty measures are not reliable.

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