Philippines rolls out cash in return for health and education
Author: Gilberto M. Llanto, PIDS A growing number of developing countries have implemented conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs, a new intervention funded by donors that seeks to improve the health...
View ArticleThe logistics of reform in the Philippines
Authors: Gilberto M. Llanto and Adoracion M. Navarro, PIDS The forthcoming ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) could help drive economic reform in the Philippines. But policymakers will have to embrace what...
View ArticleThe Philippine economy is powering into 2015
Author: Gilberto M. Llanto, PIDS The Philippines never had it so good. But with a slowing global economy and an election coming up in 2016, what can it expect from the future? The economy has been...
View ArticleStormy seas ahead for the Philippine economy?
Author: Gilbert Llanto, PIDS The Philippines has performed well in the past few years relative to its peers. It demonstrated great resilience to exogenous shocks that would have undone less capable...
View ArticleDuterte must be bold on economic policy
Author: Gilberto M. Llanto, PIDS The Philippines has concluded its elections with Rodrigo Duterte coming from out of nowhere only to gallop passed better known political figures and snatch the...
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