The Political Economy of Inclusive Growth

Image from theatlantic.com Just days ago, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found out that the number of unemployed Filipinos increased in the last quarter of 2013 to a dismaying 12.1 million. The unemployment rate rose to 27.5 percent as 2.5 million Filipinos joined the ranks ...

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Deconstructing Duterte

The DDS and Duterte Violence: An Effect of Institutions           The new institutional perspective is aptly used in analyzing political leadership at the local government level. It deviates from traditional institutionalism in considering not only...

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