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The long-run and intergenerational effects of early-life rainfall shocks on human capital : longitudinal evidence from the Philippines

Pagaduan, Jesson A. - 2026

Less or more rain, forever pain? This paper examines the long-run and intergenerational effects of early-life exposure to droughts and wet shocks on human capital outcomes over the life course. Combining a unique three-decade longitudinal survey of pregnant mothers in Metropolitan Cebu, the...

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Complex thinking as cognitive competence in local public leadership : a descriptive study of public servants in the Philippines

Vázquez Parra, José Carlos; N. Talili, Ismael; … - 2026

This study offers a descriptive analysis of complex thinking as a form of cognitive competency among a group of 52 public servants holding local leadership positions in the Philippines. By extending the empirical examination of complex thinking beyond educational contexts and into local public...

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Are Philippine local governments spending enough on primary health care?

Ulep, Valerie Gilbert; Herrin, Alejandro N.; Sarne, … - 2026

We assessed whether health spending of local government units in the Philippines is sufficient to deliver mandated primary health care (PHC) services under a devolved system, how PHC spending varies with fiscal capacity, and whether increased intergovernmental transfers following the...

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Renewable Energy Transition in the Philippines : Trends, Opportunities, Challenges

Magoncia, Grendell Vie - 2026

The Philippines is actively pursuing a renewable energy (RE) transition to meet its NDC targets and the COP28 pledge to triple global RE capacity. Under the Philippine Energy Plan 2023–2050, the government aims to raise the RE share to 50 percent by 2050, supporting energy security and the...

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Unpacking Macroeconomic Impacts of Climate Events and Policy Implications in the Philippines

Armas, Jean Christine - 2026

The Philippines is highly exposed to natural hazards, which are increasingly intensified by climate change, yet quantitative studies on the macroeconomic effects of climate shocks in the country remains limited. This paper finds that category-5 typhoons exert inflationary pressures on regional...

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Fiscal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic : assessing public debt sustainability in the Philippines

Debuque-Gonzales, Margarita; Diokno-Sicat, Charlotte Justine - 2022

This paper examines whether the current level of debt in the country, given the national government's fiscal policy and plans, remains on a sustainable path. By end-2021, a year after the peak of the public health and economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's...

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Fiscal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic : assessing public debt sustainability in the Philippines

Debuque-Gonzales, Margarita; Diokno-Sicat, Charlotte Justine - 2026

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Addressing a National Challenge : How the Philippines is Strengthening Sustainable Plastic Waste Management with Support from the World Bank Group

2026

This note synthesizes the World Bank’s approach to supporting the Philippines in addressing the plastic waste crisis. As one of the largest contributors to marine plastic pollution globally, the Philippines is estimated to leak more than 0,3 million metric tons of plastic waste into the ocean...

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FY 2025 The Philippines Country Opinion Survey Report

2026

The Country Opinion Survey in the Philippines assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in the Philippines perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the...

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Leveraging probability distortion to target prevention : a cardiovascular screening experiment in the Philippines

Baillon, Aurélien; Capuno, Joseph J.; Kraft, Aleli; … - 2026

We test whether a conditional cash lottery targets prevention on those doing too little because of inverse-S probability distortion that also causes overvaluation of a lottery. Consistent with theory, Filipinos perceiving their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a wide intermediate interval...

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The future of work in aging societies : Filipina migrant workers in the Asia-Pacific value chains

Carlos, Jean Clarisse T.; Celero, Jocelyn O.; … - 2026

The increasing prevalence of aging populations in the Asia-Pacific region has led to significant changes in the demand for labor in caregiving, domestic, and healthcare sectors, particularly in economies such as Singapore, Japan, and Australia. These structural-demographic shifts have...

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Countercyclical fiscal policy in the Philippines : navigating external shocks for sustained macroeconomic growth

Ruiz, Mark Gerald C.; Rivera, John Paolo R. - 2026

The Philippine economy has demonstrated notable resilience in recent decades, supported by strong domestic demand and sustained remittance inflows. However, it remains vulnerable to external shocks, particularly those transmitted through capital flow volatility and trade disturbances. This study...

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Relevance of e-Governance in revenue generation among Philippine cities

Ramos, Tatum P.; Magno-Ballesteros, Marife - 2026

Among the expected benefits of e-Governance are improvements in local government unit operations and revenue generation, but there is insufficient evidence on the attainment of such in the Philippines. The study aims to determine the relevance of e-Governance in revenue generation by examining...

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When rain falls, work slows : rainfall variability and working hours in the Philippine labor market

Ocbina, John Joseph S.; Rivera, John Paolo R. - 2026

We examine how rainfall variability affects weekly hours worked among Filipino workers using nationally representative Labor Force Survey (LFS) data merged with regional rainfall records from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). While...

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Mapping provincial heterogeneity in the Philippines : a cluster analysis of climate and macroeconomic indicators

Miral, Ramona Maria L.; Rivera, John Paolo R. - 2026

We examine provincial heterogeneity in the Philippines by integrating climate, macroeconomic, and fiscal indicators within a unified framework. Moving beyond regression-based approaches, it applies k-means clustering to identify natural groupings of provinces based on combined...

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Obeying in advance : Duterte's election and the onset of the Philippine drug war

Punongbayan, J. C. - 2026

I use event-level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) to estimate the impact of Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" on political violence in the Philippines. Constructing a balanced panel of 80 provinces observed weekly from January 2016 through June 2017, I estimate...

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The middle class and vulnerability to income poverty : implications for social protection in the Philippines

Cabalfin, Deanne Lorraine D.; Albert, Jose Ramon; … - 2026

The Philippines aspires to become a predominantly middle-class society by 2040. Significant strides have been achieved in the reduction of extreme poverty. However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of recent gains and the vulnerability of many households to economic shocks. This study...

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Digital financial platform engagement and financial inclusion in the Philippines : insights on AI deployment and policy implications

Pesa, Nikka C.; Agner, Mary Grace R.; Lacaza, Rutcher M. - 2026

This paper examines how digital financial platform engagement influences financial inclusion in the Philippines and explores how financial institutions are deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing these platforms. It combines nationally representative data from the World Bank Global...

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Profiling platform workers in the Philippines : evidence from the jobs and skills survey

Jandoc, Karl Robert L.; Martinez, Arturo; Bulan, Joseph … - 2026

Non-traditional platform work has grown rapidly in the Philippines amid technological change and longstanding labor-market constraints. Using nationally representative data from the 2025 Jobs and Skills Survey (JSS), this study provides a detailed profile of workers engaged in these emerging...

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Oil price pass-through in the Philippines : decomposing fuel and non-fuel inflation

Punongbayan, J. C. - 2026

This paper estimates the pass-through of world oil price innovations to Philippine fuel prices and headline CPI, and decomposes total CPI pass-through into a fuelbasket component and a residual non-fuel component. Using a recursive SVAR and 25 years of monthly Department of Energy pump price...

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Dreams and small means : career aspirations of children in the Philippine 4Ps Program

Melad, Kris Ann M.; Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Diola, … - 2026

This study examines the career aspirations of economically disadvantaged Filipino children participating in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines' flagship conditional cash transfer program. Using data from 9,958 children aged 10 to 25 collected through the Fourth Wave...

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Towards a clearer ecosystem for social enterprises in the Philippines : identity, certification, and policy implications

Rivera, John Paolo R.; Alcantara, Lailani; Vergara, … - 2026

We probed the evolving landscape of social enterprises (SEs) in the Philippines by examining how practitioners define their identity, legitimacy, resilience, and ecosystem support needs. Using key informant interviews (KIIs) with SEs affiliated with The Spark Project (TSP), we unpack grassroots...

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Governance and value : a disaggregated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analysis of corporate financial performance (CFP) in Philippine publicly listed firms

Cortez, Michael Angelo A.; Rivera, John Paolo R. - 2026

We investigated the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance and corporate financial performance (CFP) among publicly listed firms in the Philippines from 2015 to 2024. Utilizing Bloomberg's ESG scores, we employed a triangulated econometric framework that...

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Mangrove livelihoods in Palawan, Philippines : individual and joint household preferences with exemption interviews

Howai, Niko; Bian, Alice; De Guzman-Mortillero, Arnica; … - 2026

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Financing the Philippines' low carbon transition : status and prospects

Monsod, Toby Melissa C. - 2026

We set out to understand the resource requirements of the Philippines' low carbon transition, the sources of low carbon finance, and the chances that supply of low carbon finance will be responsive to demand at scale. We find that the country will require an initial USD 94.2 billion for measures...

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Pax Silica and the Philippine industrial upgrading challenge : a Tatak Pinoy Strategy perspective

Pelkmans-Balaoing, Edylinda Annette Oreta - 2026

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Navigating a new era of reciprocal tariffs : strategic implications for the Philippines and selected ASEAN economies

Mercado-Aldaba, Rafaelita A. - 2025

Amid the evolving U.S.-China tariff realignment and the broader restructuring of global value chains, this paper evaluates the vulnerability and strategic positioning of the Philippines alongside four other ASEAN economies-Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. For the ASEAN-5, the key...

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The state of health infrastructure investments in the Philippines and assessment of the Health Facility Enhancement Program (HFEP)

Tomas, Therese Jules P.; Carreon, Danielle Lois M.; … - 2025

The Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) is a capital investment grant administered by the Department of Health (DOH), designed to help local government units (LGUs) augment their health infrastructure, such as primary healthcare facilities, hospitals, and equipment. Over the past...

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Japan in Südostasien: Umgang mit China als Gegenspieler

Sakaki, Alexandra - 2025

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Japan in Südostasien : Umgang mit China als Gegenspieler

Sakaki, Alexandra - 2025

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Probing the readiness of Philippine tourism enterprises for RCEP and CPTPP

Gutierrez, Eylla Laire M.; Bautista, Marie Jel D.; … - 2025

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Flood protection investments in Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines : a comparative analysis

Ishiwatari, Mikio; Kawasaki, Akiyuki - 2025

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Artificial Intelligence and the Philippine Labor Market : Mapping Occupational Exposure and Complementarity

Cucio, Micholo - 2025

This paper combines labor force survey microdata with measures of occupational AI exposure and complementarity to examine the potential impact of recent advancements in AI on the Philippine labor market. We find that around one third of workers are highly exposed to AI with around sixty percent...

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Beyond parents and guardians : mapping and mobilizing the "significant others" in early childhood care and development in the Philippines

Lasco, Paul Gideon D.; Mendoza, Jhaki A. - 2025

ECCD discourse, policy, and research have understandably focused on parents: their roles, knowledge, practices, and lived experiences. However, it truly 'takes a village' to raise a child, perhaps particularly so in a very intergenerational, communal society like the Philippines where both of...

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Are natural disasters disastrous for education? : evidence from seven Asian countries

Zhang, Yujie; Behrman, Jere R.; Hannum, Emily; Mahmud, … - 2025

We estimate natural-disaster impacts on children's school enrollments and math skills and test for impact heterogeneities with respect to age and gender in seven countries in Asia and the Pacific, which is the world's most disaster-prone region. We link survey data on children aged 5 to 17 to...

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Boys' underperformance, teacher scoring bias and unbalanced teacher market in rural Philippines

Okabe, Masayoshi - 2025

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Tracking nutrition investments : proposed nutrition budget tagging framework and typology for the national government agencies in the Philippines

Casas, Lyle; Bagas, Joy; Ulep, Valerie Gilbert - 2025

This report proposes a framework in tagging nutrition expenditures of national government agencies. The framework was developed through exhaustive literature review and validation sessions with government agencies. It comprised of five levels (5) of classification elements namely: major...

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Determining optimal Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) cutoffs maximizing admission of wasted children to treatment in the Philippines

Casas, Lyle; Uy, Jhanna; Ferrer, Eldridge; Duante, … - 2025

In low resource settings where it is challenging to obtain accurate weight-for-height Z-scores (e.g., equipment to accurately measure height and weight is not readily available, minimally trained community health workers, etc.), the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) is a simple tool used to...

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Navigating turbulent waters : the Philippines' global value chains experience amid trade wars

Mendoza, Adrian - 2025

In light of recent pronouncements of tariff hikes in the United States (US) and the retaliatory responses of major economies such as China, Canada, and Mexico, this paper revisits the global value chains (GVC) experience of the Philippines amid the trade tensions between China and the US from...

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Assessing the implementation of joint programming in government social protection and economic inclusion interventions in the Philippines

Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Genio, Frances Genevieve F.; … - 2025

Joint programming, also referred to as convergence, in social protection and economic inclusion interventions has emerged as a critical strategy for addressing persistent poverty in the Philippines. Despite the government's ambitious target to reduce poverty from 18.1% in 2021 to 9% by 2028,...

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Crisis and risk communication in a pandemic : insights from local governments' experience with COVID-19

Siar, Sheila V.; Lorenzo, Pauline Joy M. - 2025

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Unintended consequences of business digitalization among MSMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic : the case of the Philippines

Oikawa, Keita; Iwasaki, Fusanori; Sawada, Yasuyuki; … - 2025

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic profoundly impacted people's lives, social activities, and businesses. It particularly affected micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which account for the vast majority of firms and most of the labor force. Compared to larger firms,...

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Measuring hospital performance in the Philippines : evidence on quality, efficiency, and equity from social health insurance claims

Casas, Lyle; Hagag, Sarah Reem Hesham Mohamed; Ho, … - 2025

In the Philippines, hospital efficiency and quality are rarely measured because of the limited availability of administrative health data. We used 37 million inpatient claims from PhilHealth (2018-2023) to estimate hospital efficiency and quality across the Philippines. We found stark variation...

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Understanding child sex trafficking by use of victim-level data

Björkman-Nyqvist, Martina; Kuecken, Maria; La Ferrara, … - 2025

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Early retirement of coal power plants through voluntary carbon credits? : the case of ACEN in the Philippines

Scherrer, Christoph - 2025

This paper explores the possibility of using voluntary carbon credits to retire coal-fired power plants early. It introduces carbon emission trading using the example of the substantial European emissions trading market. It presents recommendations for phasing out coal power plants and discusses...

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Baseline assessment of the implementation of provider payment and outpatient benefit reforms in the Philippines

Conda, Lea Elora A.; Bagas, Joy; Gepte, Diana Francesca G. - 2025

The Universal Health Care (UHC) Act of 2019 introduces comprehensive reforms to address longstanding demand and supply constraints in the Philippine health system. Key reform areas include shifting provider payment mechanisms of PhilHealth to a global budget and expanding primary healthcare...

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Spanish commercial policy and the Philippines : an integrated perspective

Dios, Emmanuel S. de - 2025

We present an historical background and narrative of Spanish policies affecting Philippine trade that maps them onto the changing landscape of influential ideas and emerging political and economic exigencies confronting the colonizing power. An integral or global perspective is adopted that...

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Misfortune seldom comes alone : evidence from typhoon effects during COVID-19 quarantines in the Philippines

Jin, Yingxue; Nakamuro, Makiko; Sawada, Yasuyuki; … - 2025

This study examines the effect of a typhoon on low-income urban neighborhoods in the Philippines during the coronavirus disease quarantine. Using household panel data, we assess welfare-as measured by psychological distress, food consumption, and human capital investment-exploiting...

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Indigenous peoples, land, and conflict in Mindanao, Philippines

Madrigal, Lucia; Cuesta, José; Somerville, Sergio - 2025

This paper explores the links between conflict, land, and indigenous peoples on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. The analysis takes advantage of the unprecedented concurrence of data from the 2020 census, an independent conflict data monitor for Mindanao, and administrative...

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Climate change and trade in the Philippines : strategic actions for building resilience

2025

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Piecing the puzzle : addressing the multi-payer and fragmented health financing system in the Philippines

Pantig, Ida Marie; Ulep, Valerie Gilbert - 2025

In this report, we characterize the government health expenditures, examine the fragmented and overlapping nature of different financing streams, and propose a framework to address these challenges. In the past decade, the Philippines has experienced unprecedented growth in government health...

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East Asian productivity development : why did the Philippines fall back?

Grytten, Ola Honningdal - 2025

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