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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 11, Number 2
This issue explores critical economic and financial concerns affecting the Philippines. The studies presented offer data-driven insights that...
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 16, Number 1
This issue examines the complexities of rural financial markets in the Philippines, highlighting the challenges faced by farmers,...
Volume 16, Number 2
This issue is part of the seminar on “Science Technology Policies in the Philippines\" jointly sponsored by PIDS...
Volume 17, Number 2
This issue explores key economic themes, from household savings behavior to macroeconomic policies and industry evaluations, offering insights...
Volume 18, Number 1
This issue presents a range of studies on macroeconomic frameworks, trade policies, financial systems, and policy interventions affecting...
Volume 20, Number 2
This issue examines key economic and policy issues affecting the Philippines, including trade valuation systems, international credit perceptions,...
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 1
This issue examines critical economic and policy challenges shaping the Philippines, focusing on financial sector reforms, foreign direct...
Volume 27, Number 1
This issue explores key economic and financial topics, including credit guarantee programs, market power in local trade, and...
Volume 27, Number 2
This issue explores critical economic and industrial challenges facing the Philippines, from the competitiveness of the information technology...
Volume 28, Number 1
This issue explores key economic and policy challenges in the Philippines, ranging from biotechnology’s role in agriculture to...
Volume 28, Number 2
This issue delves into critical economic and policy challenges, including regional trade expansion, environmental impacts of trade liberalization,...
Volume 29, Number 1
This issue explores the intersection of economic growth, environmental sustainability, and decentralized governance, with a focus on the...
Volume 30, Number 1
This issue examines critical economic policies and sectoral challenges shaping the country\'s growth. The volume opens with an...
Volume 30, Number 2
This issue presents critical discussions on key economic and policy challenges facing the Philippines. It examines the establishment of an...
Volume 31, Number 2
This issue presents a diverse set of studies on trade, labor, infrastructure, and language policy, offering insights into...
Volume 32, Number 1
This issue presents empirical studies on economic policies, household welfare, and market dynamics in the Philippines and beyond....
Volume 34, Number 1
This issue presents a diverse set of studies on critical economic and social issues affecting the Philippines. The...
Volume 35, Number 1
This issue presents research on trade liberalization, economic vulnerability, aquaculture, and macroeconomic policy, offering valuable insights into their...
Volume 35, Number 2
This issue explores key economic and policy challenges shaping the Philippine economy. One study examines the shift from...
Volume 37, Number 1
This issue explores critical economic and policy challenges shaping agriculture, trade, environment, and development in the Philippines and...
Volume 37, Number 2
This issue delves into key economic and policy challenges shaping regional development, investment, poverty measurement, and productivity in...
Volume 43, Number 1
This volume consists of articles on agriculture, the oil industry, and telecommunications. The first article studies the employment...
Volume 44, Number 1
This volume of the Philippine Journal of Development revisits some of the government policies specifically designed for those in the...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
An Analysis of Fertilizer Policies in the Philippines
The Philippines does not have a comparative advantage in the domestic production of fertilizer. This is one of the thoughts...
Demand for Gasoline: Effects of a Durable Good
This paper estimates empirical demand functions for premium gasoline. Specifically, it determines the effectiveness of policies designed to conserve gasoline...
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...
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 Relevance of Poverty Measurement to Food Security Policy
While food security policies have been too frequently formulated, this article argues that the measurement of its incidence has not...
Controllability of Various Monetary Aggregates
Analysis of the estimation performed indicates the need for adequate attention over the target aggregates. In the light of other...
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...
Some Issues in the Economics of Tertiary Education
The failure of the tertiary education to respond to the manpower needs of a technologically changing environment has been the...
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...
Funds Transfer Operations: Boon or Bane to the Viability of Rural Financial Intermediaries?
As far as the policies are concerned, the government has been successful in reversing the flow of loanable funds in...
Concept Paper on Science and Technology
This article is part of the seminar on “Science Technology Policies in the Philippines" jointly sponsored by PIDS and DOST...
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...
Planning for Science and Technology
This article is part of the seminar on “Science Technology Policies in the Philippines" jointly sponsored by PIDS and DOST...
The Role of Academe in Science and Technology Utilization
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...
Rent-Seeking Public Policies and Corporate Conduct in the Philippine Flour Milling Industry
Results of relative welfare analysis conducted in this paper indicate that a large proportion of welfare losses in the past...
Monetary Instruments and the Control of Liquidity in the Philippines: Focus on Open Market Operations
Monetary policies refer to the actions of central banks aimed to achieve macroeconomic stability and to influence financial factors such...
A Review of Fiscal Incentives for Exports in the Philippines
Stimulated by the success of the East Asian dragons, commitment on the design and administration of export promotion policies have...
Impact of Public Policies on Rural Informal Credit Markets in the Philippines: Synthesis of Survey Results and Lessons for Policy
In the nonperformance of the formal financial sector to cater to the needs of some groups, informal measures have been...
IMF Stabilization Program and Economic Growth: The Case of the Philippines
The beginning of 1970s has witnessed the country’s political and economic predicament. To address these, the 1989 government has succumbed...
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...
Assessment of the Financial Market Reforms in the Philippines, 1980-1992
Early 1980s has seen series of reforms in the Philippine financial system having improved financial intermediation as the general objective....
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...
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...
Monitoring Systems for MIMAP
Due to stabilization and structural adjustment policies, it is imperative to learn more about its impacts. Given a good database,...
The Effectiveness of Export Promotion Policies in a General Equilibrium Framework: The Case of the Philippines
This study examines the general equilibrium effects of different export promotion policies on imports and production of importables and exportables....
Economic Interdependence and Macroeconomic Coordination
Data indicate that there has been an increasing integration of world financial markets. These have raised fears that countries have...
Industrial Policy and the Environment: The Case of the Manufacturing Sector in Metro Cebu, Philippines
Some industries are relatively more harmful to the environment but industrialization has been a significant factor in Cebu’s environmental degradation....
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...
The Emerging Philippine Investment Environment
The change in the country’s investment policies has been a crucial factor in building up confidence in the country’s economic...
Watershed Management Policies and Institutional Mechanisms: A Critical Review
While most government efforts are directed toward watershed conservation, its management has remained challenging and complex. This short article argues...
Constraints to Food Security: The Philippine Case
Over the past two decades, the Philippine economic growth has been erratic and lower than most developing countries in Asia....
Assessing the Economic Value of Credit Guarantees
This article analyzes how a credit guarantee confers private benefits to creditors and proposes reform policies and related assessment measures...
An Analysis of the Structure of the Philippine Retail Food Industry
The enactment of Retail Trade Liberalization Act of 2000 (RA 8762), which liberalizes the Philippine retail trade business, was not...
Liberalization and Regional Integration: The Philippines’ Strategy for Global Competitiveness
The paper examines the policies pursued by the Philippines in response to the increasing economic integration and interdependence of nations...
Survey and Assessment of Laws on the Informal Sector
This study classifies the laws affecting the informal sector and assesses the extent of the empowerment of the sector based...
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...
Environmental Impact of Trade Policy Reforms on Pollution Intensity
The paper attempts to provide a theoretical analysis as well as some indicators of the linkage between trade policy and...
Does Nonfarm Job Growth Encourage or Retard Soil Conservation in Philippine Uplands?
If land-degrading agricultural intensification in uplands is driven by labor migration, what will be the effect of nonfarm employment growth?...
Linking Economic Policy and Environmental Outcomes at a Watershed Scale
Do the most promising policies to promote sustainable upland farming originate at the local or national level? Will coordination of...
How Do Research Projects Influence the Design of Local Policies for Environmental and Natural Resource Management?
This paper documents and analyzes interactions between environmental and natural resource (ENR) management research and local governance. It draws from...
Regulatory Policies and Reforms in the Power and Downstream Oil Industries
This paper looks at the regulatory reforms in the electricity and downstream oil industries, two important inputs to the production...
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...
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...
A Note on the Competitiveness Debate
This article deals with the concept of competitiveness. Competitiveness is technically a firm-level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to...
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...
Who Are Opposed to Free Trade in the Philippines?
In a democratic country, economic policies succeed or fail depending on the political support they receive. Open trade policies that...
Informal Economy, Governance, and Corruption
The nature of activity of the informal sector may vary across the developed and developing countries, yet it is evident...
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...
Labor Policies and Philippine Companies: Analysis of Survey Opinions
This paper analyzes the responses from a survey of Philippine companies concerning labor market policies, such as minimum wage-setting process,...
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...
Impact of the Rice Trade Policy Reforms on Household Welfare in the Philippines
The effects of rice trade policy reforms on household welfare, as indicated by changes in consumer and producer prices, are...
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...
Foreign Labor in Singapore: Rationale, Policies, Impacts, and Issues
Singapore has one of the most open economies in Asia in terms of trade, capital inflows, and foreign labor inflows....
Managing International Labor Migration: The Philippine Experience
This paper reviews the Philippine international labor migration management infrastructure using the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) framework. Thirty years of...
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...
Institutional Financing of Catastrophic Health Expenditures
Patients' financial protection is considered a key component of health systems and has been a consistent policy goal of the...
Health Care in Private Schools and Private Establishments in the Philippines
In 2012, there were about 4.5 million Filipinos attending private schools and an estimated 21.6 million employed by private establishments...
The Fertilizer Industry and Philippine Agriculture: Policies, Problems, and Priorities
The fertilizer policy in the country has evolved from pervasive interventionism in the 1970s to today's market-oriented regime. Government has...
Participatory Governance Institutions for Social Housing in the Philippines: Do Local Housing Boards Matter?
This study documents the application of participatory governance for social housing in the Philippines through the local housing boards (LHBs),...
Surveying the Extent and Wage Consequences of Education-Job Mismatches in the Philippine Labor Market
Recognizing the need to analyze the education-skills gap in the developing economy context, this paper estimates the extent of education-employment...
Analyzing Filipinos’ Openness to Trade Partnerships and Globalization Using Sentiment Analysis
This paper examines Filipinos’ openness to globalization and trade partnerships using text mining and sentiment analysis to assess...
The Philippine Journal of Development (PJD) is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). It serves as a platform for disseminating policy-oriented research on development issues, including the economy, business, public administration, foreign relations, sociology, and political dynamics.
P-ISSN 2508-0954 • E-ISSN 2508-0849 • https://doi.org/10.62986/pjd