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    Urban poverty in Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    Urbanisation is a positive factor in growth and poverty reduction. Country experiences are generally consistent with the view that a rising share of the population living in urban areas plays a positive role in overall poverty reduction, by providing new opportunities to those migrating out of the rural areas and escaping poverty in the process.
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    Philippine fisheries trade with ASEAN: chokepoints to AEC 2015

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013
    The planned establishment of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 has induced member-countries to implement concrete measures to improve their readiness for it. The Philippine fisheries sector has undertaken some steps to enhance its competitiveness leading to the new ASEAN arrangement.
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    Economic policy monitor 2012: regional economic integration and inclusive growth - engaging nations, embracing people

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    With the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, this report takes a look at the effects of the rapid pace of regional economic integration on the achievement of sustained, inclusive growth in the Philippines.
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    Investing in local roads for better mobility of people, goods, and services

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    The Philippines has made a relatively significant improvement in transport and logistics performance. While this performance is certainly an achievement, it pales, however, in comparison with those of neighbouring ASEAN countries such as Malaysia and Thailand.
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    Why some firms innovate and why others do not

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011
    Various studies have pointed to the Philippines’ meagre expenditures on research and development (R&D) activities, especially when viewed vis-a-vis those of its neighboring countries. Innovation, however, is not just confined to inventions and R&D. From an economics standpoint, an innovation must increase value, whether customer value or producer value.
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    Do FDI inflows have positive spillover effects? The case of the Philippine manufacturing industry

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    As the Philippines continues to promote foreign investment and plays host to multinational corporation (MNC) affiliates, are there any significant positive spillover effects on domestic industries arising from these foreign investment inflows?
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    Policy coordination for food security: the case of the ASEAN Rice Trade Forum

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    Rice is the most important staple crop in Asia. Rice is regarded not merely as a source of food and livelihood, but also a political commodity and barometer of state legitimacy. Intervention in rice markets is therefore the status quo.
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    Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014: 45th edition

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    This annual statistical publication presents the latest available indicators for the 48 regional ADB members. It contains analyses and statistical tables on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and eight other economic, financial, social, and environmental themes.
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    Survey data cleaning guidelines: (SPSS and Stata)

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012
    This paper focuses on the process of preparing data for analysis after data entry is completed, serving as a reference for those who are engaged in survey research.
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    Training on Gender-Responsive Budgeting, Budget Analysis and Policy Advocacy

    Social Watch, 2014
    Research for improving policymaking related to non-monetised sectors, such as unpaid care work, is currentIt is difficult to conceive of any public policy to ensure the continued enjoyment of women’s rights that can be carried out without financial resources from the state coffer. This is the argument by the authors of this perspective piece, with particular reference to India.

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