Since 2011, the government, through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), has implemented the Social Pension (SocPen…

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

This study aims to understand the nuances and dynamics in the labor market outcomes of 4Ps beneficiaries. The 4Ps or Pantawid Pamilyang…

The Philippines entered its deepest recession in post-war history in 2020, with output declining by 9.6 percent. Coming up with a…

The Philippines aspires to be an upper middle-income country by 2022 as stated in the 2017–2022 Philippine Development Plan. It has also…

This study examines the fiscal implications of the current criteria of establishing the fiscal viability of local governments in the…

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

In the year 2021, one of our major achievements is that SDPI maintained its relevance in terms of providing research-based policies to…

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has achieved record economic growth since initiating reform policies in the late 1970s. Success has…

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this working paper applies a new costing model to analyze the costs associated with…