The Individually Paying Program (IPP) is the voluntary component of the Philippines` social health insurance program. The program caters to those in the informal sector and those without a formal employer-employee relationship. Coverage levels for the IPP were found to be considerably low with a...

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...

There is a good reason to justify the support for small and microenterprise development. At this point, what is more important is the formulation of research agenda that will facilitate the introduction of new insights into the sector’s development. This paper provides a background to the...

Tracing the structural adjustment measures implemented in the Philippines, this paper discusses reforms done on taxation, on trade and on government corporation during 1986 to 1992. Reforms on the financial sector, investment incentives and foreign exchange are also analyzed. These are in the...

This paper is an attempt to describe the historical changes in the level and distribution of government expenditures by policy from 1955-1980. While there is a need to fill the gaps in some areas, particularly the government expenditures for pricing and marketing policies, some general...

About two-thirds of the Philippine population resides in the rural areas, earning an average family income of only half of their urban counterparts. It is therefore, not surprising that much interest has been expressed in the progress of rural development strategies, the impact they have had on...

The electric-power generation and distribution (EPGD), which is a traditional instrument of economic growth and is tapped to serve regional development, social equity and other objectives, has felt most the effects of liberalization. For it to contribute to economic adjustment, the government...