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Publications and CirculationPIDS 2006 ANNUAL REPORT10PRINT TITLES• BooksThe Institute released two books in 2006. Thefirst is Philippine agriculture, food security andAPEC edited by Liborio S. Cabanilla and completedunder a PASCN project. The second is Globalchallenge in services trade: a look at Philippinecompetitiveness edited by Gloria S. Pasadilla andproduced by PIDS with support from the GermanTechnical Cooperation office in Manila.• Research Paper SeriesFor its Research Paper Series, the Institute released sixissues. Two of them—both part of the 2004 series—tackled e-commerce: Toward a national tax policy for e-commerce (RPS 2004-01) by Peter Lee U and Employmentimpact of business-to-consumer e-commerce onPhilippine workers (RPS 2004-02) by Roberto E. deVera.Another is the lone paper in the 2005 series—Experiencesof crisis-hit Asian countries: do asset managementcompanies increase moral hazard? by AkikoTerada-Hagiwara and Gloria Pasadilla.For its 2006 series, the Institute released three papers,two of which are both by Gilberto M. Llanto and RyuFukui—Rural finance and microfinance development intransition countries in Southeast and East Asia (RPS2006-01) and Innovations in Microfinance in SoutheastAsia (RPS 2006-02). The last paper in the 2006 series isCristina C. David’s The Philippine hybrid riceprogram: a case for redesign and scaling down (RPS2006-03).• Policy Notes SeriesThe Institute released 11 issues of the Policy Notes(PN) Series during the year. Five of these were insupport of the Philippine Human DevelopmentNetwork advocacy program. PIDS is not only amember of the Network but also acts as its secretariat.Said five PN issues were culled from case studiesfeatured in the 2005 Philippine Human DevelopmentReport (PHDR) that carried the theme, “Peace, humansecurity and human development in the Philippines.”The issues particularly paid attention to the impact ofarmed conflicts in the country and the possiblesolutions for their resolution, including the role thecivil society can play.The rest of the PN issues for the year delved on varyingissues such as: the effect of family size on poverty; theimpact of slotting allowance on the price one pays for aparticular product; the adverse and beneficial effects ofChina’s rise on the economies of Southeast Asia; thelessons the Philippines can learn from a project inCambodia that assessed the economic value of theirinland fisheries resources; the overall possible impacton growth and poverty reduction of the recently signedJapan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement;and a call to review of the Philippines’ radio spectrummanagement policy to arrive at a better allocation andassignment of spectrum.• Development Research NewsAll six issues of the Development Research News cameout during the year. The January-February 2006 issuecontained Dr. Josef Yap’s outlook for the year. TheMarch-April 2006 issue had two articles: the firstanalyzed the Philippines’ competitiveness in the crossbordereducation trade while the second discussed theneed for an early warning system as a tool to mitigatearmed conflicts. The latter article is a condensedversion of a piece originally written for the 2005PHDR.Meanwhile, the May-June 2006 issue had for its mainfeature a condensed version of Gloria Pasadilla andAngelina Lantin’s paper that dissects the Philippinefilm industry and compares it with India’s Bollywoodand other Asian countries’ more successful filmindustries. Relatedly, the issue ran the insights ofveteran film director Laurice Guillen on the state of thePhilippine film industry and her recommendations onhow it can catch up with its neighbors.For the July-August 2006 issue, the last two PHDRarticles that PIDS committed to disseminate werepublished: the results of a survey done by pollster PulseAsia on the biases against Muslims and a piece on thecosts and spillovers of the AFP vs. NPA armedconflicts, particularly in Metro Manila and Rizalprovinces. Said issue also ran news articles on therevival of the PIDS regional seminar program and thelaunching of the first PIDS Corner at the BoholProvincial Library in Tagbilaran City. continued on page 12