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  An estimated (closed economy) dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model for the Philippines: are there credibility gains from committing to an inflation targeting rule?

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  This paper uses Bayesian methods to estimate a medium-scale closed economy dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model for the Philippine economy.
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  Persons with Disability (PWDs) in rural Philippines: results from the 2010 Field Survey in Rosario, Batangas

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  In an effort to complement the 2008 disability survey conducted in Metro Manila, the University of Tokyo and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies collaborated to undertake a similar study in a rural area. The survey was conducted in Rosario, Batangas in 2010, where 106 PWDs from 31 barangays were interviewed.
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  Mobilizing LGU support for basic education: focus on the Special Education Fund

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  Basic public education is still largely the responsibility of the central government, delivered through the Department of Education (DepEd), notwithstanding the devolution of many basic services to local government units (LGUs).
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  Policy reforms and institutional weaknesses: closing the gap

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007

  The promise and potential of the Philippine economy has remained unrealized notwithstanding the country`s talented labor force, skilled professionals, and relatively abundant resources. What ails the Philippines?
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  Sustainable development framework for local governance

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008

  Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty reduction, human development, sustainable development, and more recently to institutional development. There has also been a fresh look at industrial policy and the role of the nonfarm economy.
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  Fiscal decentralization and local finance reforms in the Philippines

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009

  The paper examines the progress being made in local finance reforms and indicates pathways to advance those reforms. A summary of the effects of decentralization is given as a contextual background for the discussion of local finance reforms.
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  Protecting Filipino transnational domestic workers: government regulations and their outcomes

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  The migration of Filipino women to take up domestic work overseas is an extension of patterns observed in internal migration in the Philippines. Long before large scale overseas employment took root in the Philippines, domestic work was already one of the occupational options for Filipino women.
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  Efficiency of state universities and colleges in the Philippines: a data envelopment analysis

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  In view of the long-standing issues and concerns that beset the Philippine system of higher education, the study attempts to evaluate the performance of state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the period 2006-2009 using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).
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  Assessment on the use of marginal areas for cultivation of feedstock for biofuel

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  The Philippines has made a major push toward development of biofuel, enacting biofuels mandates and subsidies by the Biofuels Law. To maintain food security, biofuels policies currently restrict feedstock production to marginal lands. This raises its own issues related to commercial viability, small farmer livelihood, and environmental sustainability.
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  Assessing the resilience of ASEAN banking systems

  2012

  Since the global financial crisis in 2008/09 there has been heightened concern about the resilience of banking systems in Southeast Asia. This paper proposes a methodology that uses a macroprudential perspective to assess the resilience of banking systems in member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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