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The measurement of vulnerability, as in the probability that a household becomes poor, is concomitant to the analysis of poverty. To estimate househol..

This paper reviews the status of fishpen and fishcage culture in Laguna de Bay, with emphasis on its economic importance and the relative severity of ..

This article empirically analyzes the relationship between unemployment rate and inflation rate in the Philippines over the period 1980-2006. The nega..

This paper reports on the impact evaluation study of the Rural Microenterprise Finance Project (RMFP) in the Philippines. RMFP aimed to support effort..

This paper examines the economy-wide impacts of a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) on the Philippine economy. In particular, it uses an app..

The industry’s lack of competitiveness, absence of economies of scale and a weak supply base are the fundamental issues that must be addressed in or..

Using data from 3,120 farm households surveyed in 2000 and 2006, the paper tests for factors that affect the degree and extent of households’ partic..

For a national statistical system to continue to be useful and relevant to its clients and the general public, it has to occasionally undergo an exhau..

Several studies on the impact of international migration and remittances on household outcomes have been released recently. Many were found to have co..

Data users have been effectively accessing pertinent data from respective data generators, but the changing times and demands of globalization and inn..

The JPEPA one more time. This Economic Issue of the Day (EID) provides basic information about the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (J..

This paper looks at the interaction of poverty, fertility preferences, and family planning practices in the Philippines using the series of nationally..

Why the need to ratify the JPEPA? Based on the numerous studies carried out under the 17cÆð²ÝÊÓƵ JPEPA Research Project, JPEPA will be advantageous to the c..

Nontariff measures are everywhere vilified for preventing exports, especially of agriculture, from developing countries. Philippine exporters seem to ..

When the GATT and the WTO effectively managed to bring down world tariffs on goods, free trade could have ideally been close at hand. However, in plac..