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PN 2008-03Ensuring a More Evidence-based Policy for Basic Education
PN 2008-02The Autobus Is Leaving...Can the Philippines Catch It?
PN 2008-01Fishpen and Fishcage Culture in Laguna de Bay: Its Importance and Problems
PN 2007-12How Do Filipino Families Use the OFW Remittances?
PN 2007-11Can the Services Sector Be an Engine of Economic Growth for the Philippines?
PN 2007-10Nontariff Measures Faced by Philippine Agriculture Exporters
PN 2007-09IRA Design Issues and Challenges
PN 2007-08Risks and Opportunities in Securing Increased Resources for MDGs at the National Level
PN 2007-07Pitfalls in Targeting
PN 2007-06Has Land Reform Improved on Landownership Inequality? Evidence from Philippine Rice-growing Villages
PN 2007-05Household Vulnerability to Income Poverty
PN 2007-04Assessing the Severity of Problems of Aquaculture in Laguna de Bay: Practitioners' Perspectives
PN 2007-03Protecting the Vulnerable through Social Health Insurance: PhilHealth's KASAPI as a Strategy
PN 2007-02The JPEPA: Why Ratify?
PN 2007-01Reforming the BOT Law: A Call of the Times
PN 2006-11Reviewing the Philippines' Spectrum Management Policy
PN 2006-10Assessing the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)
PN 2006-09Lessons from Cambodia...Exploring the Potential of Inland Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the Philippines
PN 2006-08Should Southeast Asia Fear the Chinese Juggernaut? The View from the Philippines
PN 2006-07Slotting Allowance: an Overlooked Angle in Grocery Retailing
PN 2006-06The More the Poorer: Why Large Family Size Causes Poverty
PN 2006-05The Cost of War in Human Dimension: The Case of Lanao del Sur
PN 2006-04Armed Conflict in Bicol: The Price Does Not Come Cheap
PN 2006-03Civil Society Institutional Response: Peaceful Intervention to Resolve Armed Conflicts
PN 2006-02The AFP's Institutional Responses to Armed Conflict: a Continuing Quest for the Right Approach
PN 2006-01Extracting the Root to Reap the Fruit: Searching for a Possible End to Armed Conflict
PN 2005-09The Boom in FTAs: Let Prudence Reign
PN 2005-08Gender Differentiated Benefit Incidence of the Department of Education: Basic Education for All?
PN 2005-07Looking Closely on Who Benefits from Public Subsidies in Health Care: a Gender Perspective
PN 2005-06Strengthening Trade Research Capacity for Policymaking and Negotiations
PN 2005-05What's Happening in the Philippine Free Trade Agreements?
PN 2005-04The Impact of Fiscal Restraint on Budgetary Allocations for Women's Programs
PN 2005-03Dealing with Japan in the Age of Globalization
PN 2005-02Can the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) Benefit Philippine Consumer Goods Exporters?
PN 2005-01A Competition Policy and Efficient Regulatory Framework for the Port Sector: Getting It Unberthed
PN 2004-12LGUs Need Strong National Leadership in Population Management
PN 2004-11Measuring Bank Competitiveness: Has Financial Liberalization Increased Competition?
PN 2004-10Is the Promise Being Fulfilled?...Microfinance in the Philippines: Status, Issues and Challenges
PN 2004-09Exploring the Philippine FTA Policy Options
PN 2004-08Fiscal Reform Agenda: Getting Ready for the Bumpy Ride Ahead
PN 2004-07The Philippines' Fiscal Position: Looking at the Complete Picture
PN 2004-06Rural Finance in the Philippines: A Continuing Saga in Policy Challenges
PN 2004-05Can Group Credit Work for Housing Loans? Some Evidence from the CMP
PN 2004-04Can the Poor Benefit from the Removal of QR on Rice?
PN 2004-03Institutions and Water -- the Vital Connections
PN 2004-02Bottleneck to Growth: Inadequate Infrastructure
PN 2004-01Does Coastal Resources Management Help? Ask the Fishermen!
PN 2003-17The Insurance Industry in the ASEAN5 Economies: Tapping Its Potential
PN 2003-16Efficiency and Gender Concerns: Issues Confronting the Philippine Credit Cooperatives
PN 2003-15Household Poverty: Addressing the Core of Microfinance
PN 2003-14Property Rights in Land Reform Areas
PN 2003-13Cancun and Its Aftermath: What Does It Mean?
PN 2003-12Doing It Right for Tax Administration Reform: (Semi-) Autonomous Revenue Authority Anyone?
PN 2003-11Who Benefits from the Tariff Reforms?
PN 2003-10"No" to Policy Reversal: Backsliding in Tariff Policy Can Do More Harm than Good
PN 2003-09East Asian Currencies: Is There Room for (Further) Appreciation?
PN 2003-08What We Have and Don't Have...Is It Enough for Global Competition?
PN 2003-07Developing the Policy and Regulatory Architecture for Microfinance in the Philippines
PN 2003-06A Microfinance Promise: To Provide the Poor Access to Finance Services
PN 2003-05Policy Lending for LGUs: An Innovative Financing Instrument for Local Governments
PN 2003-04Population and the Fight Against Poverty
PN 2003-03Lack of Consensus Characterizes Philippine Population Policy
PN 2003-02Population: Does It Matter? Revisiting an Old Issue
PN 2003-01Where Are the Benefits of Foreign Bank Liberalization?
PN 2002-19Financial Services Integration and Consolidated Supervision: Some Issues to Consider for the Philippines
PN 2002-18Fiscal Incentives Revisited
PN 2002-17Industry Benchmarking for Improved VAT Administration
PN 2002-16Effecting Efficiency to Sustain MFIs: The Case of Cooperative Rural Banks
PN 2002-15The Philippine Fisheries R&D Institutions: A Look at Their Publication Record
PN 2002-14Explaining the Decline in Tax Effort
PN 2002-13Increasing Opportunities for Technology Adoption and Women's Participation
PN 2002-12Does Domestic Regulation Promote Globally Competitive Filipino Professionals and Educational Services?
PN 2002-11A Second Look at Institutional Reforms in the Housing Sector
PN 2002-10Using Community-Generated Data for Water Management Policy
PN 2002-09Why Watershed-Based Water Management Makes Sense
PN 2002-08Rice Policy Reforms in the Philippines: A Political Economy Perspective
PN 2002-07Can the Philippines' Human Resource Base Meet the Challenge of a Liberalized Financial Sector?
PN 2002-06Has Foreign Entry Made Domestic Banks More Efficient?
PN 2002-05Philippine Maritime and Nursing Education: Benchmarking With APEC Best Practices
PN 2002-04China's Economic Growth: Implications to the ASEAN
PN 2002-03Setting Quality Standards for Environmental Management Policy: How Effective Is It?
PN 2002-02A Macroeconomic Evaluation of the Proposed PERA Act
PN 2002-01Impact of Agrarian Reform on Poverty Reduction
PN 2001-17Addressing Constraints in the Provision of Financial Services to MicSMEs and Poor Households
PN 2001-16Deregulation of Bank Entry and Branching: Impact on Competition
PN 2001-15Watering Down the Water Problem: An Institutional Perspective
PN 2001-14Absorptive Capacity for Government and Donor Funding: Assessing the DOH Case
PN 2001-13New Forms of Financing the Fiscal Deficit: Examining the Effects on the Fiscal Accounts
PN 2001-12Will Shift to Gross Income Taxation Help Generate More Revenues?
PN 2001-11Assessing Alternative Schemes for Financing Tariff Reform
PN 2001-10Serving the Urban Poor through Public-Private-Community Partnerships in Water Supply
PN 2001-09Are Filipino Professionals Ready to Meet International Competition?
PN 2001-08What Factors Influence Manufacturing Companies' Observance of Core ILO Labor Standards?
PN 2001-07Liberalization of the Philippine International Air Transport Industry: Que Paso?
PN 2001-06Competition in the Domestic Air Transport Industry: Can it be Sustained without Competition Policy?
PN 2001-05The Silent Dangers of Quarrying
PN 2001-04Sustainable Rural Finance: Policy and Design Issues
PN 2001-03Competition in Philippine Telecommunications: A Survey of the Critical Issues
PN 2001-02The Dollarization Debate: Concepts and Issues
PN 2001-01Risk-based Supervision of Banks Involved in Microfinance
PN 2000-20Basic Education: Improving Quality and Quantity
PN 2000-19From APEC Formation to Consolidation: Policy Suggestions for ASEAN
PN 2000-18Strengthening APEC's Institutions
PN 2000-17Managing Government Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities
PN 2000-16China-ASEAN Relations: Political Security and Economic Interests
PN 2000-15China's Changing Trade Patterns: Implications for ASEAN-China Trade
PN 2000-14Implementing the AFTA-CEPT Scheme: Will the Philippine Automotive Industry Survive?
PN 2000-13Tacit Price Collusion in the Philippine Cement Industry?
PN 2000-12Exchange Is No Change
PN 2000-11Improving Tax Administration: A New View from the Theory of Tax Evasion in a Corrupt Regime
PN 2000-10Oil Price Increase: Can Something be Done to Minimize its Adverse Effects?
PN 2000-09Urban Water Pricing: The Metro Manila and Metro Cebu Cases
PN 2000-08Protecting Deposits in Savings and Credit Cooperatives
PN 2000-07Banning Commercial Foresting: What are the Costs?
PN 2000-06Defining the Agricultural Biotechnology Policy of the Philippines
PN 2000-05Shifting the Country's Customs Valuation System to Transaction Value: What Can We Expect?
PN 2000-04Is LandBank EO138 Ready?
PN 2000-03Mercury Pollution Due to Small-Scale Gold Mining: A Serious Menace
PN 2000-02Competitiveness of the Philippine IT Industry: What Lies Ahead
PN 2000-01Hatchery-Bred Milkfish Fry: A Must for Fisheries Development
PN 1999-16Why Slowing Population Growth in the Philippines is an Imperative
PN 1999-15Housing Policy: Developing a Market-based Housing Finance System
PN 1999-14Research and Development in the Philippine Fisheries Sector: A Critical Review
PN 1999-13Improving the Spatial Dimension of the Annual Budget
PN 1999-12From APEC to WTO: What Does Elevating the Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization (EVSL) Scheme Imply?
PN 1999-11How Much Water Do Households Require?
PN 1999-10Philippine Trade Policy: Reflecting on its Effects on the Environment
PN 1999-09Philippine Credit Policy and Microfinance Institutions: Some Lessons from the Latin American Experience
PN 1999-08Credit Crunch! Credit Crunch! Credit Crunch?
PN 1999-07Analysis of Fishing Ports in the Philippines
PN 1999-06Credit Programs for the Poor: A Tale of Two Studies
PN 1999-05Sustainable Development and the Philippine Fisheries Code: A Critique
PN 1999-04Rethinking Government's Role in Urban Infrastructure
PN 1999-03Loan Guarantee Programs for Small-Scale Borrowers: Are They Working?
PN 1999-02Closing the Urban Fiscal Gap: Some Considerations
PN 1999-01Inter-LGU Cooperation: The Key to the Issues of a Devolved Health Care System
PN 1998-10Metropolitan Arrangements in the Philippines: A New Urban Development Challenge
PN 1998-09The Regulation of Deposit-Taking Cooperatives
PN 1998-08Health Management Strategies of Selected Cities
PN 1998-07Managing the Environment and Natural Resources: Lessons from City Program Innovations
PN 1998-06Health Care Financing Reform: Issues and Updates
PN 1998-05Employment: Can We Keep Old Jobs and Create New Ones?
PN 1998-04The International Economic Environment and the Philippine Economy
PN 1998-03The Downward Drift in ASEAN Tariffs: Implications on Philippine Trade
PN 1998-02Economic Reform and Macroeconomic Stability: A Delicate Balance
PN 1998-01Fiscal Policy: Some Difficult Choices
PN 1997-12Water Demand Projections for Metro Manila: A Critical Review
PN 1997-11Government Guarantees in Infrastructure Projects: A Second, Third Look at the Policy
PN 1997-10Income Tax Reform under CTRP: A Taxing Problem
PN 1997-09Using Microfinance Institutions in Poverty Alleviation: A Case of the Blind Leading the Blind?
PN 1997-08Improving the Policy Environment and Institutional Structures for Technological Development
PN 1997-07The Textile - Garments Industry: A Call for Restructuring
PN 1997-06Improving Institutional Support to Small and Medium Enterprises
PN 1997-05Improving Industrial Relations and Reducing Adjunct Costs of Production and Trading: Steps Toward Improved International Competi
PN 1997-04Industrial Growth and Environmental Protection in Metro Cebu: Some Challenges and Recommendations
PN 1997-03Overfishing in the Commercial Fisheries Sector: Time for Action
PN 1997-02Promoting Environmentally Preferable Products for Sustainable Development
PN 1997-01Developing a Framework for Agroindustrial Restructuring of the Philippine Economy for International Competitiveness
PN 1996-04Understanding Household Demand and Supply of Water: The Metro Manila Case
PN 1996-03A New Vision and Credit Policy Framework for Financing LGUs Basic Services and Development Projects
PN 1996-02Housing Subsidies: A Closer Look at the Issues
PN 1996-01Effects of Congressional Budget Realignments on the Social Sector
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