This Policy Note summarizes key trends and challenges in the Philippine health sector into four stylized facts: one on the country’s…

The world is being transformed by expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT). The security challenges that go with this expansion require…

In hospitals, nutrition care is a set of actions that allows for the identification of patient nutritional needs and the provision of…

This paper reviews the Philippines’ participation in services trade agreements to date at the multilateral (WTO GATS), regional (ASEAN…

Cross-country comparison of education financing is often limited to public sector spending, which only provides a partial view of the…

The Philippine government plays an increasingly significant role in the provision of drugs and medicines. Over the last half decade,…

Climate change causes a vast magnitude of impacts that cut across boundaries and spill over time. It results to various, interrelated…

To keep abreast of emerging issues at the National/International and local level, the SDPI brings out a Bi-Monthly E-Newsletter for “…

This report provides an overview of the evolution and profile of rural areas in the People’s Republic of China, in comparison with the…

This study investigates how rural road connectivity affects local economic activity. Using panel data, the study finds the Integrated…