MIMAP on Health, Nutrition and Education

This paper describes a framework for analyzing the micro-level impacts of macroeconomic adjustment policies on health, nutrition and education. The development of the framework has drawn heavily on the existing body of economic theory and the insights obtained from the previous empirical work. Utilizing this framework enables the study to examine the existing data to determine their usefulness in assessing micro-level impacts and to establish the additional work that needs to be done to obtain the necessary information for impact assessment.MIMAP, macroeconomic adjustments, health and nutrition, education

Policy Responses to Future Population Growth in the Philippines

This paper analyzes future population growth in terms of its contributions to growth of unwanted fertility, high desired family size and population momentum. The analysis has been undertaken to help sort out a number of issues confronting Philippine population policymakers particularly that on the role of a government-sponsored family planning program and to highlight the need for multiple approaches to moderate population growth.population and family relation, family planning

Factors Affecting the Choice of Location: A Survey of Foreign and Local Firms in the Philippines

This paper addresses the locational behavior of foreign firms and of local enterprises, including the more important determinants of industrial location. The overall findings reveal that the factors considered decisive by the majority of firms are largely of the social overhead type.location decisions

Policy Responses to Future Population Growth in the Philippines

This paper analyzes future population growth in terms of its contributions to growth of unwanted fertility, high desired family size and population momentum. The analysis has been undertaken to help sort out a number of issues confronting Philippine population policymakers particularly that on the role of a government-sponsored family planning program and to highlight the need for multiple approaches to moderate population growth.population and family relation, family planning

Micro impacts of macroeconomic adjustment policies on health, nutrition and education

This paper describes a framework for analyzing the micro-level impacts of macroeconomic adjustment policies on health, nutrition and education. In developing the framework, we drew upon the existing body of economic theory and the insights obtained from the empirical work of others (see e.g., Behrman 1990 for a comprehensive review of theoretical issues and empirical evidence). Using the framework as an organizing tool, we examined existing data and analyses for their usefulness in assessing micro-level impacts, and to determine what additional work needs to be done to obtain the necessary information for impact assessment. Section 2 describes a framework for analysis while Section 3 presents selected data that illustrate the types of information needed to make an assessment based on the framework. Section 4 outlines areas for further research

Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) Expenditures, 1998 and 2000

This paper presents the first attempt at estimating the expenditures on the Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) for 1998 and 2000. It identifies the major sources of funding, namely, national and local government, foreign-assisted projects, PhilHealth, donors and their cooperating agencies, NGOs, and households. It also disaggregates the expenditures by major components of the PPMP, namely, reproductive health/family planning, adolescent health and youth development, population and development and others. The estimation methodology used is also described in the paper