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The rice price spike experienced in the third quarter of 2013 alarmed the public. Speculations spread about the cause of the spike, the most popular o..

This Policy Note summarizes a study by Roehlano Briones titled "Small farmers in high-value chains: Binding or relaxing constraints to inclusive growt..

THE Philippines should implement reforms to facilitate the expansion of labor-intensive manufacturing that can increase the number of gainful jobs. Th..

THE merger of Swiss company Holcim Ltd. with French firm Lafarge SA, which is set for next year, again raises the specter of possible collusion among ..

What they did will reverberate not only in the remaining six months of 2014 but for many years to come. Their handiwork, be it baffling or enlightened..

WITH media reports mostly focusing on crime, war and politics, the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) in partnership with Holcim Philippines kicked off ..

Is it not true that we have a saying: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. An example of..

THE newly created industry road map, if followed to the letter, will greatly increase the contribution of the manufacturing sector in the economy, par..

A government think tank-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ- said raising wages will not necessarily help in poverty reduction. It added th..

INCREASING minimum wages reduces employment and brings more people into poverty, the Philippine Institute of Development Studies (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ) said. "Raisin..

Power industry leaders are giving the thumbs up to government’s creation of a multisectoral task force to study ways to reduce the price of electric..

MANILA, Philippines—Some P800 million from the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), which the Supreme Court recently declared unconstitutional, ..

Despite the government’s efforts to address the needs of the poor, a study released by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ) said ..

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has strongly opposed a bill filed in Congress seeking to create a Philippine Trade Representative Office (P..

The trade department has expressed its opposition to congressional proposals seeking to create a trade representative office, saying such a move, if a..