In the hope to contribute to the exchange of ideas and experience regarding health research, this paper provides an overview of Philippine health policy research and development with a focus in its role to developing countries. Analysis indicates the need to set research priorities and to...

In recent years, Japan has been experiencing unprecedented current account surpluses, a trend that is being predicted as likely to continue in the next few years. Japan`s response is three-pronged: expansion of domestic demand, improvement of access to their market and recycling external...

While this paper does not purport to be exhaustive in identifying a wide range of alternatives, it nevertheless attempts to explore Philippine trade options in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. It attempts to indicate some policy options in the context of the Uruguay Round....

This paper is a review of studies having implications on policy efforts. To facilitate the review, the studies are grouped into those dealing with the 1983-1984 economic crisis and those looking specifically into: 1) trade and industrial policies 2) agricultural policies 3) natural resources and...

While this paper presents a Philippine perspective on Japanese and US official development assistance to the Philippines, it does not attempt to quantify its contributions to development. Rather, it reviews the flows of Japanese and US assistance in terms of both quantity and quality. It also...

The shift to a market-oriented credit and financial policy was expected to spur rural financing by the private sector that would help usher growth in the agriculture and rural areas. However, the rural areas have continued to suffer from the lack of access to financial services of banks. Despite...

This paper investigates the significant contribution of private health insurance to the Philippine health care finance. It also determines ways of its promotion and regulation. In addition, it identifies the areas where its services are the most concentrated, identifies its targeted...

Intellectual property rights-–copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and related rights-–have become increasingly important with the advent of increased international trade, global and knowledge-based economy and fast developing technology. A strong intellectual property rights...

The basic framework of the PIDS Annual Macroeconometric Model is presented in this paper. After outlining the general philosophy of the model, the discussion focuses on the production sector of the model in order to trace the manner by which macroeconomic policies affect relative prices and...