The first presenter was Francis Mark Quimba, Ph.D., research fellow of the
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), who presented his research titled "E-Education in the Philippines: The Case of the TESDA Online Program (TOP)".
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (Pids) Senior Research Fellow Jose Ramon G.
Other state-run firms who received financial support from the government last February include the Philippine Heart Center (P94 million), National Kidney and Transplant Institute (P50 million), Philippine Rice Research Institute (P49 million), Cultural Center of the Philippines (P24 million), Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (P22 million), Lung Center of the Philippines (P17 million), and
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (P11 million).
The
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) estimated that economic loss during the shutdown of Boracay hit P83.15 billion, while the loss in compensation could have reached P27.9 billion.
Rosario Manasan of the
Philippine Institute for Development Studies as the guest speakers during the forum.
The Philippines will have to do more to meet the Bogor Goals of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec), as its average most-favored nation (MFN) tariff rates remain high, according to a study released by the
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).
While the Department of Trade and Industry submitted more than 30 industry commodity road maps to the
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (National Economic and Development Authority's think tank), the Department of Agriculture did not submit any.
Vicente Paqueo, a non-resident fellow of ADRi and a fellow of the
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), shared his views on the proposed bills pushing for the prohibition of temporary employment, more popularly known as "endo." Paqueo argued that, although well-meaning, the proposed amendments could result in adverse consequences that may in effect be anti-growth and anti-poor.
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said that from the start of its actual implementation in 2000, ACEF has been "plagued by various problems" which may have significantly derailed the attainment of its objectives.
Earlier, a study by the
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) found that the leakage rate of the program is about 30 percent.