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Scenarios and options for productivity growth in Philippine agriculture: an application of the Agricultural Multimarket Model for Policy Evaluation (AMPLE)
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010Sustaining and accelerating agricultural growth remains a development imperative in view of persistent rural poverty and emerging threats to food security. While growth can be achieved by expansion of agricultural area and input intensification, growth through improvement in productivity is a promising option. However, productivity growth appears to be a relatively low priority for policy.DocumentFactors motivating participation of persons with disability in the Philippines: the discount privilege in goods and services
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010In urban Philippines, the percentage of persons with disability (PWDs) participating in various government and nongovernment programs is low. In fact, the level of awareness among PWDs on the policies that intend to uplift their well-being is also low. These were some of the findings of a 2008 survey on persons with disability in selected cities in Metro Manila.DocumentPhilippines 2007 National Transfer Accounts: consumption, labor income, and lifecycle deficit by income group
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012The NTA flow accounts for the Philippines for the year 2007 include not only national level estimates but also estimates by income group. Three income groups are defined, referred to as income terciles. This paper compares age profiles of consumption and labor income across income groups.DocumentPhilippines 2007 National Transfer Accounts: consumption, income, and intergenerational reallocation of resources - revised estimates
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012This paper describes the revised national level estimates of the 2007 Philippines NTA.DocumentA generalized exactly additive decomposition of aggregate labor productivity growth
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011Aggregate labor productivity (ALP) growth--i.e., growth of output per unit of labor--may be decomposed into additive contributions due to within-sector productivity growth effect, dynamic structural reallocation effect (Baumol effect), and static structural reallocation effect (Denison effect) of cross-sectional components (e.g., industry or region) of output and labor.DocumentThe impact of the global financial crisis on the labor market: the case of the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011The Global Financial Crisis of 2007 was one of the worst crises that hit the world economy since the Depression era. For the next two years, the crisis created waves of economic contraction that affected developed and developing economies. The Philippines was not spared from this crisis.DocumentUse of the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) by the Department of Agriculture
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) is an ongoing loan and grant program in the Philippines for agriculture and fisheries. From the start of its actual implementation in 2000 up to the present, it has been plagued by numerous problems which significantly derailed the attainment of its objectives.DocumentAgriculture, rural employment, and inclusive growth
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013At the top of the agenda of the Philippine Development Plan is inclusive growth, meaning growth that is rapid, sustained, and wide enough to matter to a broad spectrum of the population.DocumentConditional cash transfer program in the Philippines: is it reaching the extremely poor?
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012The Philippine government shows its serious effort to combat poverty through the continuing expansion of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines` version of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program modeled by Latin American countries.DocumentASEAN Economic Community 2015: SME development - narrowing development gap measure
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013This paper evaluates the implementation of the 2010-2015 ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development and the 2004-2009 ASEAN Policy Blueprint for SME Development. The initial interviews and survey results yielded low average effectiveness scores for the ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development.Pages