Discussants: Dr. Ester A. Garcia, President, University of the East (Former Chairman, Commission on Higher Education) Mr. Norman LaRocque, Senior Education Specialist, Southeast Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank The lecture suggests policy reforms designed to raise the quality of instruction, encourage and strengthen academic institutions that undertake research and provide advanced instruction in the…
Discussants: Dr. Arturo G. Corpuz, Vice-President, Ayala Land, Inc. Rep. Romero Federico Quimbo, 2nd District, Marikina City Informal housing arrangements, substandard structures, congestion, and land use conflicts characterize the housing problem in the Philippines. Evidence suggests that rather than help, however, the response of the State, especially its reliance on below-market priced mortgage loans, has…
Discussants: Ms. Concepcion Sardaña, Senior Program Officer, International Labor Organization Dr. Patricia Licuanan, Chair, Commission on Higher Education Unemployment in the Philippines remains high by Southeast Asian standards notwithstanding the change in definition of unemployment in 2005. Firm level data also support the survey finding of a heightened sense of employment insecurity among workers in…
Discussants: Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan, Dr. Benjamin E. Diokno, Dr. Raul V. Fabella, Dr. Felipe M. Medalla With the world economy still in the doldrums, where will the impetus for economic recovery and job generation come from? Is there room for growth beyond what OFW remittances can deliver in the foreseeable future? How can investor…
Discussants: Prof. Randolf S. David, Professor, UP Department of Sociology Prof. Florin T. Hilbay, Professor of Law, UP College of Law The record of growth will show that the quality of institutions represents a significant hindrance to growth and development. In particular, political uncertainty and the failure to control corruption can be empirically shown to…
Discussants: Dr. Eli M. Remolona, Bank for International Settlements Dep. Gov. Diwa C. Guinigundo, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas The global economy goes through systemic crises. Problems of insufficient global aggregate demand arising from the asymmetric adjustment of deficit and surplus countries and constraints on the policy space for such adjustment, as well as inadequate provision of global…
Discussants: Dr. Cielito F. Habito, Director, Ateneo Center for Economic Research & Development (ACERD) Prof. Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, Dean and Professor of Law, UP College of Law Agrarian reform programs, particularly land redistribution, land tenure, and restrictions on land transactions, have been a popular response to persistent poverty in rural areas. This response draws in…
Discussants: Mr. Alexander C. Escucha, China Bank First Vice President Mr. Bert Hofman, World Bank Country Director for the Philippines By almost all accounts this is the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and it may end up being the worst economic crisis since that time as well. As of March 2009, the United…
Discussants: Mr. Margarito Teves, Secretary, Department of Finance Mr. Bert Hofman, Country Director, World Bank Introduction The purpose of giving this lecture is to start a paper on how on how taxation and government expenditures in the Philippines could be reformed. This short paper is the bare bones of a longer paper that would hopefully…
Discussants: Ms. Ma. Teresa M. Soriano, Asst. Secretary, Department Of Labor And Employment Ms. Eleanor M. Nolasco, Philippine Nurses Association Labor migration began to be promoted in the late 60s or early 70s by a number of Asian countries burdened by problems of unemployment, poverty, and scant foreign exchange. However, labor export was generally intended…