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Volume 47, Number 1

This year’s first issue of the Philippine Journal of Development features articles on healthcare quality...

Volume 47, Number 2

The second semester issue of the Philippine Journal of Development contains articles on sexual education and behavior, the...

Volume 48, Number 1

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Philippine Journal of Development. The first semester issue celebrates this...

Volume 48, Number 2

This closing issue of the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD)’s 50th anniversary features a retrospective article by Jan Carlo Punongbayan...

Volume 36, Number 1

This issue explores key economic and policy challenges shaping the Philippine economy. One study examines the shift from constant 1985...

Volume 21, Numbers 1 and 2

This issue presents analyses on sociology, economic policies, gender studies, and sustainable development, offering insights into the evolving landscape of...

Volume 23, Number 2

This issue explores the complex interactions between population growth, urbanization, environmental sustainability, and economic development in the Philippines. A study...

Volume 33, Numbers 1 and 2

This special issue of the Philippine Journal of Development honors Professor Alejandro N. Herrin for his extensive contributions to research...

The Philippine Population: 1980-1990 Selected Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics

This paper describes the Philippine demographic situation with a focus on the findings from the 1990 Census and the recent...

National Economic Strategy in a Sluggish World Setting

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

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

Philippine Industrial Development: Strategies in the Eighties

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

Statistics on Development Planning: The Future Requirements

This paper is presented at the Third National Convention on Statistics at the Philippine International Convention Center on December 13-14,...

Estimating Literacy Rate: A Study Relating Literacy Rate with Combined Gross Elementary and Secondary Schools Enrollment Rate

Literacy is one of the core indicators utilized to measure social development. It is necessary that planners and policymakers be...

Buoyancy and Elasticity of Revenue

Revenue, which is essentially obtained through the tax system, is an essential component of development to effectively meet the increasing...

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...

Toward a Major Revamp of the System of Establishment Enquiries

Assessment of the Philippine industrial statistics reveals data collection and processing problems that greatly impact on the timeliness and quality...

Impact Assessment and Project Development: An Overview

This paper provides a background for the reports produced on a nine-month training and application program designed to encourage the...

An Impact Analysis of the Forest Occupancy Management Project: Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

The Fishermen’s Village: A Case Study of a Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and Services Project in Bago Aplaya, Talomo, Davao City

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

The Impact of Tapayan Communal Irrigation System

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

A Study of the Impact of the Phividec Industrial Estate

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

The Impact of Rural Roads

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

The Rate Policy of Davao City Water District: A Case Study

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

Impact Analysis of a Small-Scale Irrigation Project in Manicahan District, Zamboanga City

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

The Impact of the Cagayan de Oro Port Development Project on Skilled and Unskilled Port Labor Employment

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

An Impact Assessment Report on the Multiple-Cropping Project (KABSAKA), Sta. Barbara, Iloilo

This article is a product of a nine-month training and application program implemented by the micro component of the Economic...

Import Smuggling in the Philippines: An Economic Analysis

This study attempts to generate an estimate of import smuggling using Philippine data on import trade. Through the development of...

A Review of Past, Present and Proposed Mechanization Strategies in the Philippines

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

The Effects of Small Farm Mechanization on Employment and Output in Selected Rice-Growing Areas in Nueva Ecija, Philippines

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the "Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

Changes in Harvesting-Threshing Arrangements and Landless Laborers

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

Comparative Evaluation of Tractor and Carabao Use in Rice Land Preparation, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, 1980

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

The Private and Social Profitability of Mechanical Threshing

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

The Impact of Mechanization on Agricultural Production in Selected Villages of Nueva Ecija

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

Effects of Agricultural Mechanization on Farm Income Patterns

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

A History of Credit Programs Supporting Agricultural Mechanization in the Philippines

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

MA-IRRI Industrial Extension Program for Small Farm Equipment

This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in...

Economic and Social Impact Analysis of an Upland Development Project in Nueva Ecija, Philipines

This article documents the following objective: the processes through which pilot agro-forestation development projects (AFDPs) implementors seek to achieve their...

The Macroeconomic Policy Environment of Philippine Agricultural Performance

A sustained healthy growth in agriculture requires an equally sustained healthy growth in the macroeconomy. It is towards this end...

Electrification and Regional Economic Development in the Philippines

This article empirically tests for the positive effects of household electrification on the Philippine provincial income levels. Results indicate that...

Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis: An Overview

This article summarizes the articles that have been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at...

Regional Total Factor Productivity Change in Philippine Agriculture

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

Infrastructure, Output Supply and Input Demand in Philippine Agriculture: Provisional Estimates

This article has been presented at the Workshop on Methods for Agricultural Policy Analysis held at the UP Los Baños...

The Philippines: External Shocks, Adjustment Policies and Impact on Selected Development Concerns, 1973-1985

With the objective of designing and implementing more effective policies and programs in the light of external shocks, this paper...

Defense Spending and Economic Growth: Time-Series Evidence on Causality for the Philippines, 1956-82

This paper tests the causality issue between defense spending and economic growth in the Philippines. The results of the tests...

Population Pressure and Migration: Implications for Upland Development in the Philippines

This paper is based largely on the integrated summary report entitled “Population Pressure and Migration: Implications for Upland Development,” PIDS...

Microeconomic Behavior of Agents in a Credit-Output Market in an Agricultural Setting

Rural agents engage in interlocking market transactions to minimize costs due to underdevelopment of rural markets. This study aims to...

Transaction Cost and the Viability of Rural Financial Intermediaries

Recognition of a continuous improvement in the formal financial system is necessary for economic growth. Over the years, the government...

Rural Deposit Mobilization in the Philippines, 1977-1986

Against the backdrop of rural financial markets, this article documents and describes Philippine rural deposit mobilization in view of the...

The Legal Framework for Science and Technology Development

This article is part of the seminar on “Science Technology Policies in the Philippines" jointly sponsored by PIDS and DOST...

Science and Technology Development and Promotion in the Private Sector: Some Issues and Recommendations for Policy Research

This article is part of the seminar on “Science Technology Policies in the Philippines" jointly sponsored by PIDS and DOST...

Health Policy Research and Development in the Philippines

In the hope to contribute to the exchange of ideas and experience regarding health research, this paper provides an overview...

Evaluation of Philippine Corn Statistics

This paper aims to broaden people’s knowledge in which the country’s official corn statistics are produced. It presents the estimation...

EC 1992: Its Impact on Trade and Investment in the Philippines

One of the recent European developments is the plan of creating a single market implying the removal of obstacles to...

Economic Growth and Defense Spending: Evidence on Causality for Selected Asian Countries

An earlier version of this paper has been presented in 1989 at the Institute for Strategic and International Studies in...

Macro Perspective and Cross-country Comparison of Patenting Issues

To stimulate technological development, it is necessary that intellectual property be clearly rewarded. It is not, therefore, surprising that international...

Intellectual Property and Biotechnology

The advent of new techniques in genetic manipulation has sparked discussions in IPR involving biological products and processes. This article,...

Supporting Rural Non-Farm Enterprises: What Can be Learned from Donor Programs?

This paper presents a summary of the large and growing literature about donor experience in attempting to meet employment and...

Liberalization in Directed Credit Programs for SMEs

To evaluate the effectiveness of approaches to improve policies toward the development of small and medium enterprises, this article assesses...

Land, Income, Mobility and Housing: The Case of Metro Manila

Housing developments have been hampered by exorbitantly priced land specifically in the cities. The 1991 housing survey show that Metro...

Urbanization Sans Development?

From a theoretical standpoint, the question has to be asked whether or not the census should retain its present definition...

Reflections on Philippine Sociology in the 1990s

This paper shares initial reflections on Philippine sociology in the 1990s. It takes off from previous assessments of the state...

A Retreat from the Ideal: Reflections on a Frustrated Attempt to Study a Social Phenomenon the Natural Science Way

To provide Filipino social scientists an opportunity to design their own methodology for the analysis of socioeconomic impacts of a...

Policy Researchers and Policymakers: Never the Twain Shall Meet?

The 1980s have seen the heavy emphasis on economic policymaking. As such, equal emphasis has also been bestowed to the...

Dynamics of Rural Development: Analytical and Policy Issues

This article aims to contribute to the understanding of the links among conceptual, empirical and policy issues relating to agricultural...

Targeting Transfers to the Poor: the Case of Food Subsidies

Provision of safety nets for the poor is a popular call in development policies especially in light of the government’s...

Old Images and New Challenges: Rethinking the Mission of Agricultural Support Systems in Asia

To speak of rethinking the mission of the agricultural support system is no easy task. It has already played crucial...

Engendering Development

This article discusses the productive and reproductive roles Filipino women perform and assesses their contributions to human development. It also...

Adjusting to the New Trade and Environmental Paradigm: The Case of the Philippines

The story of the Philippine environment during the past two decades is one of growing stress and resource degradation that...

Rural Development Reconsidered: Some Emerging Niches for Population Studies

This paper attempts to identify a number of emerging population-relevant rural scenarios that require a more creative degree of understanding...

Visions for Philippines 2000: The Challenge of Economic Restructuring Toward Sustained Economic Growth

Within the context of “NIC-hood,” this paper advances that the country and the government should understand and situate the parameters...

Developing a Philippine Local Government Bond Market

The 1991 Local Government has initiated comprehensive changes in Philippine public administration such as decentralization and greater local autonomy. However,...

A Simulation of the Macroeconomic Impact of ODA with the Debt Factor: The Philippine Experience

Foreign aid has always been treated as “cheap mons.” In the past, aid studies almost always implicitly assumed that the...

An Asia-Pacific Model of Development Cooperation

Part One of the Osaka Action Agenda has clarified the implications of the basic political commitment to free and open...

Population-Development-Environment Modeling in the Philippines: A Review

This article surveys existing forecasting models in the Philippines and discusses several promising alternatives in the process of developing a...

Simulating the Effects of GATT-UR/WTO on the Philippine Economy

The GATT/WTO may affect the Philippine economy in three ways: through changes in tariff structure resulting from the country’s commitment...

Reaching the Poor with Effective Microcredit: Evaluation of a Grameen Bank Replication in the Philippines

Credit provision for small and poor households has always been the major element of nongovernment organizations in alleviating poverty. Recently,...

Financial Reform and Development in the Philippines, 1980-1997: Imperatives, Performance and Challenges

This paper discusses financial reform and development in the Philippines during the past one and a half decades and the...

Environmental and Natural Resources Management: Lessons from City Program Innovations

The enactment of the 1991 Local Government Code has brought greater responsibilities for local government units to manage their natural...

R&D Gaps in the Philippines

Based on the chain of causality, R&D translates to innovation and to productivity/ technological progress, which ultimately leads to economic...

Financing Rural Energy Services in the Philippines: Global Environment and People-Centered Development as Public Goods

Access to energy is a means to achieve economic development. Both environmental concerns and the global privatization trends have fueled...

Agricultural Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges for the Philippines

Developing countries, still heavily dependent on agriculture, must now harness biotechnology to modernize agricultural production and diversify product outputs. The...

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...

Questioning de Soto: The Case of Uganda

The 1995 constitution vested land in the Citizens of Uganda. Accordingly, in 1998, the Parliament passed a law to re-regulate...

Growth Models, Development Planning, and Implementation in the Philippines

Has Philippine development planning benefited from the wisdom, if any, of economic growth theory? In this article, the author discusses...

The Role of PIDS and Its Contribution to Research and Policymaking in the Philippines

Established in 1977, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has been an important research resource in the country. It...

Population and Poverty: A Review of the Links, Evidence and Implications for the Philippines

The article reviews trends in population and poverty, compares population and development between the Philippines and Thailand over the last...

Perceptions of Fishermen Households on the Long-Term Impact of Coastal Resources Management in Panguil Bay

Coastal resources management (CRM) has flourished as a management approach for attaining a more sustainable form of economic development in...

Governance in Southeast Asia: Issues and Options

This paper attempts to analyze governance systems in Southeast Asia and proposes some policy suggestions that can improve governance practices...

PJD 2006 Special Volume in Honor of Alejandro N. Herrin - Introduction

This special issue of the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is dedicated to Professor Alejandro N. Herrin in recognition of...

A Better Start in Life: Evaluation Results from an Early Childhood Development Program

Informed by a growing body of research showing that investments in early childhood health, nutrition, and cognitive and psychosocial development...

The National Health Accounts of the Philippines: Continuing Development and New Findings

For more than a decade now, the national health accounts (NHA) of the Philippines has been providing data that are...

A Review of High School Economics in the Philippines: 1902-2005

Economics is an important component of social science instruction in secondary level education in the Philippines. This paper aims to...

Development and the Upland Resource Base: Economic and Policy Context, and Lessons from a Philippine Watershed

Economic growth and environmental damage are associated, but the relationship is neither linear nor even monotonic. The nature of the...

The Globalization of Food Security: Rice Policy Reforms in the Philippines

This paper describes the forces that have come to bear on the shaping of food security policy in the Philippines...

Philippine Development: A Research Journey Through the Philippine Journal of Development

After 27 years of existence, the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is considered one of the longest running journals in...

The Philippine Journal of Development: Its Beginning and Evolution

This paper traces the beginning and evolution of the Philippine Journal of Development--from its conception as a technical journal of...

An Empirical Analysis on the Tradeoff between Schooling and Child Labor in the Philippines

Does the prevalence of child work or child labor encumber on the country's economic growth and development? This paper looks...

A Simple Poverty Scorecard for the Philippines

How poor are participants of development projects in the Philippines? This paper uses the 2002 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey to...

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...

Are there Regional Variations in the Utilization of Maternal and Child Care Services across Income Groups?

While the national average for maternal and child health services utilization shows improvement, the Philippines is yet to achieve the...

Agricultural Diversification and the Fruits and Vegetables Subsector: Policy Issues and Development Constraints in the Philippines

Fruits and vegetables comprise a large and dynamic subsector within Philippine agriculture. However, the country`s agricultural development strategy continues to...

International Remittances and Family Expenditure Patterns: the Philippines’ Case

This paper examines the influence of overseas remittances to patterns of family expenditures in the Philippines using a matched dataset...

Do Barangays Really Matter in Local Services Delivery? Some Issues and Policy Options

This paper is borne out of the need to address the scarcity of evidence-based studies on barangay financing. It analyzes...

An Assessment of the Local Service Delivery of Potable Water in Dumaguete City and Selected Areas of Agusan del Sur Province

This paper assessed the local service delivery (LSD) of potable water in Dumaguete City and selected areas of Agusan del...

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...

Population Growth and Economic Development: Empirical Evidence from the Philippines

Various concerns have been expressed about the ability of the world economy to sustain the ever-expanding world population. This paper...

Investigating the Presence of Regional Economic Growth Convergence in the Philippines Using Kalman Filter

This paper investigates the presence of stochastic and dynamic convergence in the 14 regional economies in the Philippines in terms...

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...

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,...

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...

Services-Manufacturing Linkage and the Role of Policy

The database of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development-World Trade Organization (OECD-WTO) on Trade in Value Added shows that...

Stock Market Development in the Philippines: Past and Present

This paper explores the origins and development of the Philippine stock market. Specifically, it looks at the structural and regulatory...

Domestic Resource Cost in Philippine Agriculture: Measuring Global Competitiveness of Key Commodities

A well-known indicator of comparative advantage is domestic resource cost (DRC). This study provides updated estimates of DRC for major...

Chronic Food Poverty and Weather Variability in the Philippines

This study examines the effects of weather variability on food poverty dynamics in the Philippines. Among others, it finds that...

Possible Effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative on Philippine Trade and Investments

China’s "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR) initiative aims to foster connectivity and cooperation among 65 nations. Together, these countries account...

Survival Analysis of Export Relationships of Philippine MSMEs

This study examines the survivability of Philippine micro, small, and medium enterprises’ (MSMEs) exports to select countries within the frameworks...

Local Government Conditional Grants: The Seal of Good Local Governance and the Performance Challenge Fund

The Philippine government provides conditional grants to local government units (LGUs) for certain priorities, such as budgetary allocations from national...

Boosting the Productivity of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries through Parcelization of Collective Certificate of Land Ownership Awards

This paper identifies the benefits and problems in the subdivision of collective land titles in the Philippines. In particular, it...

Does Similarity in Philippine Free Trade Agreements Matter in Trade?

This study proposes using text-of-trade analysis to understand the design of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement and the...

The Philippine Journal of Development in the Early 21st Century (2002–2023)

As the Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024, this paper reviews all articles...

Development Intervention and Armed Conflict: Evaluating the PAMANA Program in Davao Region

The Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program plays a crucial role in addressing the root causes of conflict...