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The Insurance Industry in the ASEAN5 Economies: Tapping Its Potential

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-17

Has the insurance industry in the five ASEAN economies been fully tapped to help in fostering the development of capital markets in the region? This P..

Policy Notes

Efficiency and Gender Concerns: Issues Confronting the Philippine Credit Cooperatives

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-16

This Policy Notes looks at the issue of gender concerns in credit cooperatives from a different perspective. Specifically, it looks at the implication..

Policy Notes

Household Poverty: Addressing the Core of Microfinance

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-15

Few studies on microfinance have delved on its development from the household perspective as it relates to poverty alleviation. This Policy Notes focu..

Policy Notes

Property Rights in Land Reform Areas

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-14

"Land to tiller" has been the rallying slogan of the land reform program in the Philippines, with improvements in income and productivity in the agrar..

Policy Notes

Cancun and Its Aftermath: What Does It Mean?

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-13

When the WTO talks in Cancun broke down last September, anti-globalization groups and NGOs around the world rejoiced. However, the author of this Poli..

Policy Notes

Doing It Right for Tax Administration Reform: (Semi-) Autonomous Revenue Authority Anyone?

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-12

Amid the calls for the restructuring--and even possible replacement--of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to effect radical improvements in tax adm..

Policy Notes

Who Benefits from the Tariff Reforms?

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-11

Who benefits from the tariff reforms launched by the Philippine government from 1994-2000? On the basis of the results of his simulation runs, the aut..

Policy Notes

"No" to Policy Reversal: Backsliding in Tariff Policy Can Do More Harm than Good

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-10

In recent months, growing evidence has shown that there seems to be an apparent trend for backsliding or reversal of the government policy on tariff r..

Policy Notes

East Asian Currencies: Is There Room for (Further) Appreciation?

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-09

Should the various currencies in East Asia led by the Chinese yuan be appreciated or revalued? Dr. Josef Yap examines the levels of valuation of these..

Policy Notes

Developing the Policy and Regulatory Architecture for Microfinance in the Philippines

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-07

What led to the dynamic growth of the microfinance market in the Philippines? According to Dr. Gilberto Llanto in this Policy Notes, the microfinance ..

Policy Notes

A Microfinance Promise: To Provide the Poor Access to Finance Services

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-06

In recent years, the government substituted its former supply-led approach in credit financing with a more nontraditional and liberal approach: microf..

Policy Notes

Policy Lending for LGUs: An Innovative Financing Instrument for Local Governments

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-05

Since the passage of the Local Government Code in 1991, what has constituted as a major source of loan financing for local governments is the Municipa..

Policy Notes

Population and the Fight Against Poverty

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-04

Is poverty incidence higher among families with a bigger family size? Is there a cause and effect in the relationship between family size and poverty ..

Policy Notes

Population: Does It Matter? Revisiting an Old Issue

Jun 01, 2003

PN 2003-02

For many years, the Philippines has neglected the issue of population growth, consequently finding itself now virtually alone among middle-income deve..

Policy Notes

Research and Development and Technology in the Philippines

Jun 01, 2003

188体育 Book 2003-11

Economic growth is determined by how well a country mobilizes its resources to improve productivity in order to increase production of goods and servi..

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