Despite the Philippines’ sustained economic growth, persistently high malnutrition remains to be a significant issue in the country, especially in a number of subnational regions. This clearly illustrates the urgent need to examine the formulation and delivery of health and nutrition...

Key to achieving national targets under a devolved set-up is the capacity of the entire system to implement health and nutrition programs at scale. This requires coordinated efforts among the Local Government Units (LGUs) with the same energy and commitment. Though still few relative to the...

This study reports on the situational analysis conducted for Zamboanga del Norte as part of a larger study that aims to inform the development of strategies to improve early childhood care and development outcomes in KOICA-UNICEF intervention sites. A critical assessment of several underlying...

We assess the short-term impacts of the Doctors-to-the-Barrios (DTTB), a national physician deployment program in the Philippines that augments the supply of rural healthcare workers in underserved areas, on several health sector outcomes. Using regression discontinuity design, we find that the...

This report examines the context, practices, and strategies in selected KOICA municipalities in Northern Samar. Using the Nurturing Care Framework, it analyzes how these LGUs implement and govern ECCD-F1KD initiatives. It also analyzes the factors and processes that influence the implementation...

This report examines the context, practices, and strategies in selected KOICA municipalities in Northern Samar. Using the Nurturing Care Framework, it analyzes how these LGUs implement and govern ECCD-F1KD initiatives. It also analyzes the factors and processes that influence the implementation...

The Philippines committed to Millennium Development Goals and Education for All (EFA) targets that include universal primary education. However, various data sources, including the Department of Education's Basic Education Information System and household surveys conducted by the National...

The Philippines committed to Millennium Development Goals and Education for All (EFA) targets that include universal primary education. However, various data sources, including the Department of Education`s Basic Education Information System and household surveys conducted by the National...

Commodity market fluctuations have been linked with a number of adult outcomes. Recent evidence on the lasting impact of early life conditions, however, suggests that the effects on children may be important as well. Using large spatio-temporal variations in rice prices in the Philippines as a...

The Philippines recently introduced two distinct but related large-scale social protection programs that, first, provides conditional cash transfers (CCT) to poor households, and, second, automatically enrolls them into the government's social health insurance program. This has resulted to...