This paper overviews different exit strategies for the U.S. from the debt-overhang, and analyses their implications for emerging markets…

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, including the recent COVID 19 pandemic, low interest rates and low economic growth have…

The coronavirus pandemic of 2019-20 confronted fiscally dominant regimes around the world with the question of whether the large…

This study assesses the payment system of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps or Pantawid Pamilya) in terms of the amount,…

Philippine local governments were given increased autonomy, revenue-raising and expenditure responsibilities under the Local Government…

We use incidence analysis to examine the financial costs and benefits from the Philippine’s National Health Insurance Program (NHIP)…

Achieving inclusive development has become the mantra in the global and national development discourse. A great deal of the initiatives…

Disaster events impact Asia and the Pacific more than any other region in the world. In light of current and future climate and disaster…

This Simple Linear Actuarial Model (SLAM) manual is the accompanying publication to An Actuarial Model for Costing Universal Health…

This report presents an analysis and recommendations to improve the efficiency of tax systems in developing Asia in mobilizing domestic…