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This Policy Note revisits the policy objective of the Foreign Investment Act (FIA) and the implementation of the foreign investment negative list (FIN..

THE PHILIPPINE Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) wants to broaden the level of transparency in the government’s foreign investment negati..

In terms of gross value added in manufacturing, the food manufacturing industry (FMI) tops the list with about 50 percent of the manufacturing sector'..

This paper evaluates the implementation of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) K to 12 Adjustment Assistance Program, established following the ..

THE country’s economic managers renewed their call to Congress this week to pass House Bill 4904, or the rice tariffication bill, to amend the A..

A PIDS study found the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) has provided additional skills to its..

Tax reform has undoubtedly coincided with a period of higher inflation risk in the country. Any man or woman on the street can tell you that the slow ..

Following Monday's barangay and SK elections, the business sector is hoping for the barangays' support in spurring economic development, being the sma..

The government should consider slowing down the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to make sure only the poor benefit fro..

Band-Aid is being taped over the gaping wound of joblessness. Government is succumbing to the loudest outcry, for now, to illegalize “endo,&rdqu..

THE average age of farmers and fisherfolks in the Philippines is 57 years old. That was established by the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Agri..

A PIDS study says the government should strengthen the role of the private sector in the repair of houses damaged by disasters. This would enable it t..

The country’s strong domestic economy and the growth of e-commerce have attracted local conglomerates to enter into the logistics’ industr..

A PIDS study says the Rent Control Law does not benefit tenants, especially those from low-income households. It has caused maintenance issues and the..

Despite the passage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, government support to farmers of high-value crops, such as banana, pineapple, and sugarc..