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    Coconut program area research planning and prioritization

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    The coconut industry is one of Philipines' major pillars in employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. However, local production problems, the expansion in coconut hectarage of neighboring countries, and recent developments in biotechnology research on other competing crops that have high lauric oil content might affect its long-term sustainability and viability.
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    Identifying areas of support in research and development for the manufacturing sector

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1999
    The Philippines is in a crucial state of development, yet R&D role in nationbuilding is still in a fresh state of acceptance and promotion. With the onset of globalization, nations are compelled to increase more the level of their competitiveness in the international market.
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    Liberalization and regional integration: the Philippines' strategy to global competitiveness

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2001
    Globalization and the rapid development of information and communication technology have resulted to the deepened economic interdependence of nations and regions around the world. Markets are opened allowing producers to penetrate more markets and consumers to have greater choices.
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    Assessment of medium-term national action agenda for productivity (MNAAP) for the agriculture sector

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002
    To attain productivity growth it is necessary to have proper diagnosis and analysis of the sources and causes of low or stagnant agricultural productivity. This paper highlights the major issues in agriculture, examines the MNAAP agenda on productivity and identify the remaining gaps.
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    Improving local service delivery for the MDGs in Asia: the case of the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    This report argues that improving local service delivery (LSD) is about improving people’s lives. It is premised on the idea that better provision of public goods and services is a prerequisite to realizing human capabilities, thus expanding human freedoms and enhancing human lives for a better society.
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    Do barangays really matter in local services delivery? Some issues and policy options

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    This paper, which is borne out of the need to address scarcity of evidence-based studies on barangay (villages) financing, analyzes and evaluates key issues on financing of devolved functions at the barangay level, with particular focus on fund utilization and program allocation, and proposes some policy options addressing the issues.
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    Triangulation framework for local service delivery

    2009
    How should local service delivery of public goods and services be improved for desirable development outcomes? This paper attempts at answering this question by providing a framework for improving local service delivery.
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    Efficiency and expense preference in the Philippines' cooperative rural banks

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002
    This paper attempted to test whether efficient cooperative rural banks (CRBs) have a better control of their agency costs. We used two different concepts of efficiency, namely, cost efficiency and alternative profit efficiency, and found somewhat different results from both approaches. Using Stochastic Frontier Approach and Distribution Free Approach, we tested two different propositions.
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    LGU Access to Official Development Assistance (ODA): status, issues, and concerns

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
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    Globalization and glocalization: experiences in the local Philippine context

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010
    The study examines local responses to globalization, with Cebu as a case in point. It describes the initiatives of the business, export, and ICT sectors in adjusting to global demands. Manifestations of glocalization are indicated in the increased role of local players, intensified global-local linkaging, and the translocal and decentralized nature of responses by government.

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