Child Poverty in the Philippines on Oct 7, 2009 in Economics Society economic crisis Philippines poverty Did you know that almost half of all the poor people in the Philippines is composed of children aged below 15?Yes, out of the total 27.6 million individuals who did have sufficient income to meet the basic food and non-food requirements in 2006, 12...
Studying Decentralization in Indonesia: IFLS Data on Oct 6, 2009 in Economics IFLS Indonesia decentralization If you are looking for a dataset to use in studying the decentralization impacts in Indonesia, check out the IFLS at www.rand.org, short for Indonesian Family Life Survey. It’s a longitudinal data that contains information of many aspects- educ...
Global Crisis on the Philippines: Reference List on Sep 20, 2009 in Economics I have compiled a list of references on the impact of the recent global crisis on the Philippine economy and related topics. The list however is confined to those that are available online. Pasadilla, Gloria. “Lessons for the Philippines from t...
Studying remittance uses in the Philippines: some issues on methodology on Sep 17, 2009 in Economics Society Uncategorized issues in studying remittances Philippine remittances remittance uses I have already made at least 3 versions of my paper on remittance uses in the Philippines. And yet, I still find the methodology inadequate and quite implausible. Well, it isn’t that easy dealing with the methodological issues. There’s en...
The Visually Impaired Better Off on Sep 3, 2009 in Economics Society blind differently-abled disabled persons with disability Credits to owner. In a survey done by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) on the livelihoods of persons with disability (PWDs) in Metro Manila, the visually impaired (i.e. blind and partly blind) are relatively better off than t...
On Filipino Women on Aug 14, 2009 in Society Filipina women's rights President Arroyo signs landmark law on women rights! Pres. Arroyo signed a landmark legislation that promotes women’s rights yesterday, August 14, 2009. Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta for Women aims to promote women’s rights in e...
Macau on Aug 13, 2009 in Uncategorized More than the glitz and luxury of casinos, Macau’s history is an appealing subject for promoting its tourism. Here I share to you my photo collection of Macau. Thanks to the habit of surfing through the web of great discounts, my husband and I...
Save the Environment on Aug 12, 2009 in Environment environment-friendly save the environment Saving the environment should be a concern for everybody. In fact, all of us are responsible because we live on the same planet. Even as ordinary citizens, there are many ways in which we can help save the environment. I want to share to you a projec...
Why blog? on Aug 11, 2009 in Uncategorized There is a new fever within my inner circles. Blogging. We’ve jumped in to Blogorama. It was timely as we were desperately seeking for a diversion in what we have been doing. You know, my work is research. Blog is something far more exciting th...
Economic Crisis on Aug 11, 2009 in Economics crisis economic crisis recession Already there are many news articles and projections about how the Philippines would fare in this scourging global economic recession we are in. I decided to make my own research and see for myself what have been the effects so far. No one knows for...
