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continued from page 10The September-October issue, on the other hand,featured the study of Aniceto Orbeta on the impact onpoverty of various households’ not having access to theuse of contraceptives for family planning. It alsofocused on the steady gains of the Development PolicyResearch Month (DPRM) observance in terms ofincreasing the awareness and appreciation of the publicon the key role of policy research in the process ofplanning and policymaking in the country.Finally, the November-December 2006 issue had as leadarticle the preliminary stocktaking of e-commerce inthe Philippines. The issue also included some commonlyasked questions and their answers with regard tothe Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement(JPEPA). News stories about the internationalconference organized by the Institute and the AustralianNational University on institutions and regulations,and the inauguration of the second PIDS Cornerat the University of Rizal-Antipolo campus were alsofeatured.for either more trade protectionism or greater tradeliberalization; the impact of family size on poverty; themarket demand for secondhand clothes or ukay-ukay;and the determinants of shifts in living standards forVietnamese households.• Economic Issue of the DayThe Institute produced seven issues in 2006. The topicsdiscussed are: value added tax (VAT) and the expandedVAT law; the basic differences between a parliamentaryand a presidential system of government; exchange rateand how to interpret it; the Avian flu and the threat itmay pose to both human lives and livelihood; theprospects and potentials of the country’s call centerindustry; understanding the scope and measure of grossnational product and gross domestic product; andmeasurement of productivity, whether at a firm/industry level or at an economy-wide level.PIDS 2006 <strong>ANNUAL</strong> REPORT12• Philippine Journal of DevelopmentThe Institute released three issues in 2006. The paperscontained various topics, which reflected the diverseaspects and multifaceted nature of development.The first semestral issue for 2004 had papers oncompetitiveness, a firm-level concept that is oftenextended to the national level; the impact of tradereforms on welfare and income distribution using acomputable general equilibrium model; the regulatoryreforms in the electricity and downstream oil industries;the coastal resources management approach andwhether or not it resulted in a more sustainableeconomic development for the coastal areas of thePhilippines; and the governance systems in SoutheastAsia.Meanwhile, the second semestral issue for 2004published papers on the ongoing efforts to adoptEnglish as the official language among APEC membercountries; the trade and economic implications for thePhilippines of China’s accession to the World TradeOrganization; the cruel intertemporal tradeoff thatpoor families are compelled to make in order to survive(that is, young children are made to work, which setsback their schooling trajectory and negatively impactson their future employability); and the impact ofdevolution on the country’s road infrastructure.The first semestral issue for 2005 discussed the effectsof sociodemographic factors on individual preferences• Discussion Paper SeriesUnder this series, the Institute came out with 25 titlesin 2006. Almost half of these were titles written underthe PASCN project on assessing the likely impacts ofthe proposed US-Philippine free trade agreement. Theother titles delved, among others, on microinsurance,land reform and changes in land ownership, the effectsof the foreign direct investment (FDI) incentivescheme on FDI inflow, determinants of exportperformance of Philippine manufacturing firms, stateof trade and investment in the Philippines, and cases ofgood practices in fiscal management at the localgovernment level.• OthersIn addition, to promote the wider dissemination of itsnew research agenda (2005-2009), the Institute cameout with a brochure of the condensed version of theagenda. An updated PIDS brochure and catalogue ofpublications were also released during the year.The 2006 (Nos. 1 and 2) issue of the SCF ProjectUpdates newsletter was also published. This is theofficial newsletter of the ACIAR-sponsored project onseasonal climate forecasts, of which the Institute is oneof the Philippines’ implementing agencies along withthe Leyte State University and PAGASA. continued on page 14
In consonance with its new researchthrust to “Go Regional: East Asia andLocal – Philippines,” the Institutelaunched a new dissemination strategy in 2006to make the results and findings of its variousresearch outputs more visible and accessible atthe local and community levels. This is thesetting up of mini-PIDS Corners in selectedprovincial libraries and college/university-basedlibraries in various areas outside of MetroManila. This new information resource is alsoin response to requests and queries receivedfrom various institutions, especially libraries, inthe regions to furnish them with copies of thevarious PIDS studies and publications.Because it is not possible to set up PIDS Cornersin all libraries in the country due to budgetlimitations, the Institute has to select the sitesfor the Corner. In making the selection, theInstitute follows certain guidelines, namely:• Strategic location of the institution/library – it is important that a broad base ofusers can access the materials easily.• Relevance and use of materials –PIDS looks at the research interests and needsof the institutions/libraries and their readers tomake sure that the PIDS materials would beuseful to them.• Availability/nonavailability of similartypes of materials in the area – PIDS oftenselects sites where there is relatively a dearth ofthe type of materials/studies that can be offeredso that the use of the PIDS materials may beoptimized; and• Maintenance of the studies – PIDSgives due importance to the quality of thelibrary environment and the staff of theinstitutions to ensure the careful upkeep andmaintenance of the PIDS materials.The mini-PIDS Corner consists of a few shelvesthat contain the various studies and publicationsthat the Institute has produced through theyears. These are made available for free assources of information, data, and research forresearchers, students, faculty, and other localdecisionmakers.In the future, aside from these materials, theInstitute also hopes to collaborate with its LGUand college/university partners on the provisionof computers in the Corner wherein theInstitute’s website and its wealth of webresources (studies, databases, links, GIS-basedsocioeconomic profiles, etc.) may be easilyaccessed by researchers and other users.To date, two PIDS Corners have been set upand inaugurated. The first one was at the BoholProvincial Library in Tagbilaran and the second,at the library of the University of Rizal System-Antipolo City campus •PIDS 2006 <strong>ANNUAL</strong> REPORT13
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