This article quantitatively investigates the economy-wide effects of increasing productivity in the following Philippine industrial sectors: food manufactures, light manufactures, consumer goods manufactures and capital goods manufacture. Using computable general equilibrium to emphasize...

This article advocates for more focused research designs and the use of more complex causal models. Investigations of morbidity and mortality differentials indicate a higher death rate in urban than in rural areas. Further inquiry can be made to the dearth of studies conducted regarding...

This article has been delivered by the author for the 1988 Florence Macaulay Distinguished Lecture on Asia and the Pacific at the University of Hawaii on September 23, 1988. It discusses America’s colonial policy and the Philippines' security alliance with America. It also traces the...

This paper presents a brief analysis of the current situation of Philippine health institutions using secondary data. It locates the different types of health institutions, describes its major problems, discusses recent approaches these institutions have adopted to improve delivery of health...

This paper presents quantitative measures of the annual flow and cumulative stock of capital flight from the Philippines from 1962-1986. Results indicate a substantial capital flight during the period of investigation, amounting to almost four-fifths of the country’s external debt outstanding...

This article report is a condensed version of “The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion,” PIDS Technical Report 87-04 of the Upland Resource Policy Program. It estimates the economic costs arising from indiscriminate exploitation of the uplands. It also offers a practical methodology...

This article has been delivered during the Central Bank Diamond Jubilee celebration on November 21,1988. It reviews the issues of Philippine structural adjustments with a focus on the identification of elements in the past Philippine efforts that appear to be critical in the future adjustment...

This article is prepared for the Upland Policy Conference on March 14, 1988. It discusses the degree of soil erosion in various watersheds based on classified descriptive parameters. It also proposes land use planning and allocation scheme.