While taxation is by far the most well researched area on public finance, there has been a dearth of studies conducted in the government expenditure, budget process and public debt arena. Moreover, the volume of studies conducted are heavily concentrated on the 1960s and on the 1970s, interest...

The manner by which the government has chosen to finance the fiscal deficit in the given period and the economic consequences of financing of government expenditures are discussed in this paper. It documents the size of the government deficit from 1975-1984 through the presentation of a...

The last decade has witnessed a very active government expenditure program in the Philippines. Although the country’s national government expenditures as a proportion of GNP have been lower compared to other Asian countries, it has been high relative to available budgetary resources. This...

This study aims to present a perspective of the practices of selected public enterprises in internal coordination and control. Specifically, the research seeks to assess the effectiveness of the dual role of the policymakers who concurrently performs the functions. It also evaluates the scope...

The performance of Aquino administration in the area of public administration and governance at mid-term is mixed. While a number of important initiatives in decentralization have been made, there are areas that are still lacking attention. This is one of the conclusions made in this paper that...