With the increasing dependency on imports of energy resources, the country should enhance its policies on indigenous sources to ensure energy sources are sufficient for short to long-term use, the government’s think-tank researchers said. In a policy note titled “Evaluating energy security in...
The implementation of financial literacy programs would help overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) maintain their financial resources over the long term, particularly as many of them are aiming to retire early, a study by the Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) revealed. In a study titled...
Education policymakers should ensure that educational programs align with the demands of the job market to achieve the United Nations’s sustainable development growth number four or quality education, researchers said. In a study by the Philippine Institute and Development Studies (PIDS),...
There is a disparity in health care access in Mindanao compared to other regions in the country, researchers from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said. During a webinar, Valerie Gilbert T. Ulep, PIDS senior research fellow, featured a study “Spatiotemporal Analysis of...
The Philippines received one of the lowest international aid for nutrition compared to neighboring countries with high stunting prevalence, according to a study from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). In a research titled “A Review of Public Expenditures for Nutrition in...
The Philippines has an alarmingly high rate of premature cancer deaths, a senior government researcher said. Photo from Unsplash “If you look at the data in the Philippines, the rate of premature deaths is too high,” said Valerie Ulep, a senior researcher of the government...
Only a third (33.6%) of Philippine firms are active in innovation with agriculture consistently ranked lowest in innovation, based on a study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). The 2021 PIDS Survey of Innovation Activities authored by Senior Research Fellows Jose Ramon...
A fellow from the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) found that only 1 percent of eligible Filipinas are getting tested for breast and cervical cancer. Valerie Gilbert Ulep, a senior research fellow at PIDS, stated that screening for breast and cervical cancer in the country "could...
The Philippine economy is projected to weaken in 2023 with gross domestic product (GDP) decelerating to 4.5 to 5.5 percent as the global economic environment deteriorates, a government think tank said. A study published by Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), authors Senior Research...
Given suboptimal performance and persisting inequitable access, the Philippine education system needs swift action to address the current education crisis, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) emphasized. A study “Philippine Education: Situationer, Challenges, and...
Government-run research agency Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said the proposed revival of the Oil Price Stabilization Fund (OPSF) is not an effective mechanism to tame soaring oil prices petroleum pumps even as it cautioned the incoming Marcos administration not to fall into...
The bicameral conference committee has approved the proposal to create the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II), which would pave the way for another set of reforms that will address the crisis hounding the country’s education sector. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the...
