This paper is presented at the Third National Convention on Statistics on December 13-14, 1982. The 1979 Diary Family income and Expenditure Survey (DFIES) has utilized the diary method of data collection to minimize, if not eliminate, errors and biases arising from the traditional recall-record...

This article is part of the NEDA-PIDS Seminar-Workshop on the Philippine System of National Accounts. This paper examines foreign transactions as recorded in the national accounts and the balance of payments statements. While these statements have different uses, consistency between the two is...

This article is part of the NEDA-PIDS Seminar-Workshop on the Philippine System of National Accounts. It outlines the seminar’s major objectives and the problems and issues that need to be addressed. It argues that coordination among institutions can lead to effective resolution to sensitive...

Assessment of the Philippine industrial statistics reveals data collection and processing problems that greatly impact on the timeliness and quality of data. This paper reviews the growth and development of the system of establishment enquiries in the Philippines from the first Annual Survey of...

This paper documents an initial attempt to develop a formula for approximating the cost of drilling oil and geothermal wells using parameters suspected to affect the drilling cost. It also measures and determines the extent of variation of drilling cost given a change in the parameters considered.

This article is part of the NEDA-PIDS Seminar-Workshop on the Philippine System of National Accounts. It discusses the government data system focusing on the Office of Budget and Management, Bureau of Treasury and Commission on Audit. Accounts of government are classified. It also lays down...

This paper discusses the New International Economic Order in the Asia-Pacific region. It argues that harnessing national growth and regionalism can yield lasting benefits to developing countries and their people.

Exactly what constitutes bank input and output has not yet been settled. Some argue that deposit liabilities and earning assets are outputs as they represent the capacity of services banks can perform. A number of economists, however, assert that only earning assets can be considered as outputs...

This paper is presented at the Third National Convention on Statistics on December 13-14, 1982. The move to strengthen the Philippine economic statistics comes at a very opportune time when the Philippine government is implementing a major industrial restructuring program. While each ministry...

This paper looks at the Philippine postwar growth within a comparative framework, utilizing the record and experience of ASEAN countries as a background. It also looks into the consequences of the rate and pattern of growth on structural changes, income distribution, savings and other variables....