This study seeks to provide the Philippines Medical Care Commission with short-run and long-run alternatives aimed at improving the performance of Medicare in terms of efficiency and equity. This bridges the findings of two baseline studies: Administrative Issues of Medicare I and Economic...

This study presents tax policymakers with a menu of alternative tax structures for the Philippines which will yield the best combinations of efficiency and equity achievable for a given target level of a government revenue. Analysis indicates that even after the reforms of 1977 and 1981, there...

This paper evaluates the impact of the country’s recent trade liberalization experience on the performance, structure and competitiveness of the Philippine Packaging industry. It examines the changes in the industry’s protection level and its consequence, if any, on the levels of allocative...

This study analyzes the effects of the trade policy reform on the structure, performance and competitiveness of the appliance industry. It also examines the links between changes in the industry structure with changes in the performance and competitiveness of the industry. In particular, it...

This study reviews the structure, performance and competitiveness of the motorcycle and parts industry under a protectionist trade regime and evaluates how it can be affected by future liberalization. In particular, it assesses the overall effectiveness of the local content program vis-à-vis...

It has been argued that high protection rate retards productivity and efficiency. In view of the widespread belief, the government has instituted trade policy reforms aimed to increase efficiency and competitiveness of industries through elimination of distortions in resource allocation. While...

To stimulate industrial efficiency and achieve competitiveness in domestic and external markets, the government has instituted Tariff Reform Program and the Import Liberalization Program. This study evaluates the performance and competitiveness of the resin and plastic industries in conjunction...

This paper focuses on the impact of the trade reforms on performance, as measured by efficiency improvements and competitiveness of the shipbuilding and boatbuilding industry. While the latter is a sub sector of the former, it is treated separately because of its export potentials. The study...

This study presents tax policymakers with a menu of alternative tax structures for the Philippines which will yield the best combinations of efficiency and equity achievable for a given target level of a government revenue. Analysis indicates that even after the reforms of 1977 and 1981, there...

Credit is important because economic agents in the agriculture sector who are constrained by liquidity problems may produce sub-optimal outputs. This paper reviews the past and present Philippine agricultural credit and banking policies. It identifies the principal issues in rural credit markets...