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Volume 8, Numbers 1 and 2

This issue features six papers examining critical economic and social policies in the Philippines. The first article assesses...

Volume 9, Numbers 1 and 2

This issue features papers presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Philippine Economic Society and the Third National Convention...

Volume 10, Number 1

This issue presents studies on economic growth, industrial development, and banking in the Philippines. One paper examines postwar economic growth...

Volume 12, Number 2

This issue explores key economic and trade dynamics shaping the Philippine economy, covering topics such as bilateral trade,...

Volume 14, Number 1

This issue presents analyses of economic challenges in developing countries, covering financial management, taxation, trade, and education. A...

Volume 24, Number 1

This issue examines key economic policies shaping the Philippine financial and trade landscape, with a focus on microfinance...

Volume 25, Number 2

This issue explores key economic and policy challenges in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Metro Cebu’s water management, investment...

Volume 26, Number 1

This issue explores key economic and policy challenges in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Metro Cebu’s water...

Volume 28, Number 2

This issue delves into critical economic and policy challenges, including regional trade expansion, environmental impacts of trade liberalization,...

Volume 38, Numbers 1–2 (Special Volume on International Labor Migration)

Countries in the ASEAN region experience a wide range of problems in managing labor migration flows. There is...

Volume 39, Numbers 1–2 (Special Volume on ASEAN Economic Community)

This special volume of the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is devoted to discussions and analyses of issues...

The Enviromental Impact of Economic Cycles

The rapid economic expansion experienced by the ASEAN region has been dampened by the onset of economic crisis. In the...

The “Turbulent World Economy” and Industrial Development Strategy in the Philippines

This article is presented before the 19th Annual Meeting of the Philippine Economic Society at the Manila Hotel on December...

Philippine Economic Setting in a Turbulent World Economy

The 1981-85 Tariff Changes and Effective Protection of Manufacturing Industries

This article assesses the impact of the ongoing tariff reform on effective protection rate (EPR) in the manufacturing sector given...

Sector Sources of Philippine Postwar Economic Growth: The Over-all Record in Comparative Perspective

This paper looks at the Philippine postwar growth within a comparative framework, utilizing the record and experience of ASEAN countries...

The Recent Recession and Rising Protectionism in Developed Countries: Some Thoughts on the ASEAN Economies

This paper has been presented at the Southeast Asia Program luncheon seminar in Cornell University, Ithaca, New York on April...

Australia-Philippine Trade Relations

This article examines the pattern, composition and trends in Australia-Philippine trade from 1962-1981. Analysis points to three major results: the...

The Australian System of Tariff Preferences: An Evaluation of its Employment Effects in the Context of Australia-ASEAN Trade

This article assesses the contribution of Australia’s preferences to generation of employment opportunities in ASEAN region. It also verifies the...

Interdependence in ASEAN: An Assessment of the ASEAN Preferential Trading Agreements (PTA)

This article examines whether the ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements have increased the level of interdependence among ASEAN countries in the...

Comparative Tariff Policies of ASEAN Member Countries

Contrary to earlier findings, tariffs in most favored nations have significantly declined by as much as 51 percent since 1986....

Effects of the AFTA-CEPT Scheme on Philippine Manufacturing Industries

Under the Common Effective Preferential Tariffs (CEPT) scheme of the ASEAN free trade, tariffs on ASEAN products will be progressively...

Looking Beyond AFTA: Prospects and Challenges for Inter-regional Trade

The world-trading environment has witnessed the proliferation of regional trading arrangements during the last decade. This development has been accompanied...

Rules of Origin: Regimes in East Asia and Recommendations for Best Practice

Amidst the rising trend in free trade agreements (FTAs) and growing international production sharing, rules of origin (ROO) has been...

Factors Affecting Use or Nonuse of Free Trade Agreements in the Philippines

Within East Asia, the outward-oriented Philippine economy is a latecomer to using free trade agreements (FTAs) as a trade policy...

Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN: Thailand (Immigration)

This paper aims to review the policies on international migration in Thailand and discuss difficulties in implementation. Today, Thailand is...

Different Streams, Different Needs and Impacts: Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN - Thailand (Emigration)

For decades, Thailand has had a strong labor market in both supplying and demanding labor resources. Since the 1970s, Thailand...

Migration Outflow and Remittance Patterns in Indonesia: National as well as Subnational Perspectives

The article compares and contrasts the scale and composition of workers` outflow and remittance flow from 1994 to 2012 at...

Irregular Migration from Cambodia: Characteristics, Challenges, and Regulatory Approach

The study examines the characteristics, root causes, and challenges of irregular migration from Cambodia and then discusses the regulatory approaches...

Managing the ASEAN Economic Integration Process in the Philippines: An Assessment of Progress in Trade Liberalization and Facilitation

This paper is part of the Philippine study for the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint,...

Services Liberalization in the Philippines: A Capacity Needs Assessment for AEC 2015

The paper aims to assess and determine the capacity-building needs required to liberalize trade in services in the Philippines. Through...

AEC 2015: Challenges Affecting Labor Mobility and MRAs on Professional Services

The paper aims to identify the facilitating and deterring factors affecting the implementation of the ASEAN mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs)...

Investment Liberalization and Facilitation Toward AEC 2015

The paper examines the state of investment liberalization and facilitation in the Philippines and suggests policy measures to enable the...

The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Economic Integration on the Logistics Industry: Maritime Transport and Freight Forwarders

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint targets an ASEAN single market in 2015. This is an ambitious reform agenda that...

The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint: Implementation and Effectiveness Assessment for Philippine Agriculture

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint outlines the plan of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to...

SME Development: Narrowing the Development Gap in the ASEAN Economic Community

This paper evaluates the implementation of the 2010—2015 ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Development and...

AEC 2015: Issues and Challenges in Standards and Conformance

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint envisions the transformation of the ASEAN region into a single market and production base...

Implications of a Philippines-United States FTA on Trade in Goods: An Indicator Approach Using the Sussex Framework

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a regional free trade agreement (FTA) initiated by the United States (US) and is presently...