This article is presented before the 19th Annual Meeting of the Philippine Economic Society at the Manila Hotel on December 11, 1982. This article argues that in contrast with the industrial and trade policies in the past two decades that have promoted inward-looking industrial development,...

This article assesses the impact of the ongoing tariff reform on effective protection rate (EPR) in the manufacturing sector given that the scheduled tariff rate changes will be fully implemented. Tariff levels of the Philippines and other ASEAN countries during 1970s are compared. It also...

This paper has been presented at the Southeast Asia Program luncheon seminar in Cornell University, Ithaca, New York on April 11, 1985. Analysis suggests that bilateral trade grow rapidly during 1962-1981. To realize the country’s full potential, internal barriers and trade regime prove to be...

This article assesses the impact of the ongoing tariff reform on effective protection rate (EPR) in the manufacturing sector given that the scheduled tariff rate changes will be fully implemented. Tariff levels of the Philippines and other ASEAN countries during 1970s are compared. It also...

This paper has been presented at the Southeast Asia Program luncheon seminar in Cornell University, Ithaca, New York on April 11, 1985. Analysis suggests that bilateral trade grow rapidly during 1962-1981. To realize the country’s full potential, internal barriers and trade regime prove to be...

This article is presented before the 19th Annual Meeting of the Philippine Economic Society at the Manila Hotel on December 11, 1982. This article argues that in contrast with the industrial and trade policies in the past two decades that have promoted inward-looking industrial development,...