Recently added articles from Research Paper Series (Philippine Institute for Development Studies):
Rice Production Practices
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract This paper presents the evolution of major practices in Philippine rice production over the last 100 years. These practices evolved out of the changes in the varieties introduced and planted by Filipino farmers, which subsequently altered the manner by which production and ...
Rice and Philippine Politics
Jan 01, 2008; ... Abstract Rice has been a pivotal political commodity since the Commonwealth period because of its importance as a staple food and a calorie source for the majority, especially the low-income groups, as well as a source of employment and income to people that comprise the demand and ...
Competition Policy and Regulation in Ports and Shipping
Oct 01, 2007; ... Abstract The country's archipelagic configuration requires an efficient maritime transport infrastructure composed of ports and shipping for growth and socioeconomic integration. The integration of peripheral islands to the urban economic nodes such as Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, and ...
FDI Investment Incentive System and FDI Inflows: The Philippine Experience
Jul 01, 2007; ... Abstract This paper examines the country's investment incentive program for foreign investors and its success in attracting substantial FDI inflows. The analysis compares the FDI incentive system and FDI performance of the Philippines with other Asian countries. Since it is difficult to ...
Research Paper Series (Philippine Institute for Development Studies): Innovations in Microfinance in Southeast Asia
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract The recent experience of developing countries (e.g., Bolivia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines, to name a few) in microfinance has shown its significant function in creating access to financial services for the poor. Access to financial services offers critical ...
Rural Finance and Microfinance Development in Transition Countries in Southeast and East Asia
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract Microfinance is an emerging important financial subsector in Asian transition countries. Its role is to improve financial access of the poor and small economic players and thus help them to build assets, which means a contribution to poverty alleviation. This paper provides an ...
The Philippine Hybrid Rice Program: A Case for Redesign and Scaling Down
Jan 01, 2006; ... Abstract Promotion of hybrid rice has been the central goal of the government's rice production program since 2001. Yet, farmers' adoption rate has remained low (about 5% of total rice area) despite concerted efforts and massive subsidies. Evidently, most rice farmers do not find the ...
Experience of Crisis-Hit Asian Countries: Do Asset Management Companies Increase Moral Hazard?
Jan 01, 2005; ... Abstract This paper examines the performances of Asian asset management companies (AMCs). Our analysis reveals that the AMCs vary significantly in their design and performances. We claim that AMCs can trigger moral hazard-inspired bank lending, especially when the mode of transfer of ...
Toward a National Tax Policy for E-commerce
Jan 01, 2004; ... Abstract The internet has already revolutionized many aspects of modern business and living, and promises to bring even more radical changes in the future. In contrast, tax laws are normally slow to changing realities. This study looks at some of the problems that electronic commerce (or ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: Methodology
Oct 01, 2003; ... The theoretical framework used to analyze the NIS varies. List (1959) considers the need for government responsibility for education and training (and for protecting "infant industries") as an important element of his concept of NIS. He also sees the necessity of creating an infrastructure ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: The American Innovation System
Oct 01, 2003; ... The organization and finance of innovation in the United States have evolved considerably during the past 80 years. One distinguishing feature of the U.S. innovation system is the enormous scale of its R&D investment. Industrial research activity during the early twentieth century was ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: The German Innovation System
Oct 01, 2003; ... In the nineteenth century, Germany turned to Britain and Belgium for technical know-how, new machinery, and skilled workers in the machine building and iron and steel industries. The German government often provided financial support for the purchase of foreign machines, which were used as ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: Conclusion: Bridging the Gap
Oct 01, 2003; ... The framework of the Philippine innovation system must focus on the catch-up type. The prerequisite of this type of innovation system is the establishment of institutions and promotion of institutional innovations that build the capability to monitor, choose, adopt, disseminate, and modify ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: Improving the National Innovation System
Oct 01, 2003; ... The major components of the national innovation system are firms, universities, technical-vocational institutions, technological information infrastructure, research and development centers (RDCs), technology and resource centers (TRCs), financial system, and government (Figure ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: Introduction
Oct 01, 2003; ... Industrial development requires technological capability in industry. The national innovation system (NIS) is anchored on the theory that industrial development requires technological capability in industry, and that the exploitation of technology is most critical at the firm level. National ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: The Japanese Innovation System
Oct 01, 2003; ... During the Tokugawa regime, which secluded Japan from the rest of the world from 1639 to 1854, trade was restricted to the Chinese and the Dutch. The Dutch provided the government with information on many aspects of science and technology, which were translated into Japanese and diffused to ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: The Philippine Innovation System
Oct 01, 2003; ... The government created the National Science and Development Board (NSDB) in 1958 to formulate and implement science and technology (S&T) policies, and to coordinate S&T agencies. In 1974, a national science development plan was incorporated in the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: Understanding the Fundamentals
Oct 01, 2003; ... Japan's national system of innovation differs from the U.S. in three aspects: 1. The role of small companies. Large corporations account for a much larger share of innovations in Japan, while small newly established firms generate a steady stream of technological breakthroughs in the ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: Diagnosing the Problem
Oct 01, 2003; ... The poor private sector participation in R&D is manifested by the lack of interest in availing itself of R&D-related incentives offered by the Board of Investments (BOI). Since 1991, only 11 companies availed of BOI incentives for R&D activities. Cororaton (1999a) points to the weak ...
The Philippine Innovation System: Structure and Characteristics: References
Oct 01, 2003; ... Aldaba, R. 2000. The State of Competition in the Philippine Manufacturing Industry. Discussion Paper No. 2000-13. Makati City: Philippine APEC Study Center Network and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies. Aliga, A. 2000. The Need for Government-Industry-University ...