PIDS Reports

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  Disentangling the Effects of Maternal Employment on Child Stunting in the Philippines 

  Laput, Joseph Glenn J.; Go, Gerard L. (Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-01-30)

  Stunting is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as impaired growth and development experienced by children due to “poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation”. Children whose height-for-age fall below the WHO’s child growth standards median are considered stunted. This study analyzes the effects of maternal employment, along with mother’s education, civil ...

  Stunting is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as impaired growth and development experienced by children due to “poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation”. Children whose height-for-age fall below the ...
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  Surveying the Extent and Wage Consequences of Education-Job Mismatches in the Philippine Labor Market 

  Melchor, Monica M. (Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-01-30)

  The translation of educational investments into expanded employment opportunities and higher wages is among the ways in which a nation’s educational outcomes are deemed successful. However, while education-skill mismatches are prevalent in both developed and developing economies, there is a need to extensively analyze this gap in the developing economy context, owing to the lack of data and other ...

  The translation of educational investments into expanded employment opportunities and higher wages is among the ways in which a nation’s educational outcomes are deemed successful. However, while education-skill mismatches are prevalent in both developed ...
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  PIDS: Philippine Journal of Development: Vol. 46 (2022) I No. 1 

  Siar, Sheila V. (Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-01-30)

  The Philippine Journal of Development is a multidisciplinary social science journal published twice a year. As a policy-oriented journal, it features papers that have strong policy implications on national or international concerns, particularly development issues in the Asia-Pacific region.

  The Philippine Journal of Development is a multidisciplinary social science journal published twice a year. As a policy-oriented journal, it features papers that have strong policy implications on national or international concerns, particularly ...
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  Sustainable Value Chain Financing for Smallholder Agricultural Production in the Philippines 

  Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Connie; Magno-Ballesteros, Marife; Baje, Lora Kryz C.; Ancheta, Jenica A. (Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-01-30)

  Cognizant of the value, contribution, and challenges in the country’s agricultural finance, the government has intensified its lending programs to help the sector, particularly smallholders, thus, boosting affordable and easy access retail lending in recent years. Despite these efforts, however, significant problems remain, including the lack of markets and low prices, which have had significant ...

  Cognizant of the value, contribution, and challenges in the country’s agricultural finance, the government has intensified its lending programs to help the sector, particularly smallholders, thus, boosting affordable and easy access retail lending in ...

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