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2010 SWS Survey Review
The Asian Institute of Management Policy Center, Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Social Weather Stations (SWS) cordially invite you to the 2010 SWS Survey Review.
For nine years, it has been a tradition of Social Weather Stations and the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center to review the major lessons in the past year from the unique perspective of SWS survey respondents.
Facilitating Temporary Labor Mobility within APEC Region: Opportunities and Challenges
The AIM Policy Center, the Philippine representatives to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and The Asia Society - Philippines, in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, invite you to a forum presenting the findings of the study entitled “Facilitating Temporary Labor Mobility within APEC Region: Opportunities and Challenges."
Policy Dialogues on RA 8042
Crafted as a result of the uproar over the execution of Flor Contemplacion in Singapore, the Magna Carta for Migrant Workers or Republic Act No. 8042 sought to give comprehensive policy directions to overseas employment, considered then as a temporary employment solution.
SOE Policy Dialogue
Taking off from the best practices and general policy recommendations gathered during the forum titled From State-Owned Enterprises to World Class Competitors: Creating Innovative and Entrepreneurial State-Owned Firms last November 11, 2009, the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung will conduct a policy roundtable discussion
The Auto Industry’s Competitiveness in the Context of International Economic Partnership Agreements
Since the Martial Law years, the Philippine government had attempted to develop fully our ability to manufacture or at least assemble motor vehicles – with varying success. While relatively new players in the global market, such as South Korea, China, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia had done well, our country’s performance leaves much to be desired.
EPS 8: Performance Based Regulation in the Power Sector
On 17 September 2009, the AIM Policy Center, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), hosted the first workshop on the Performance Based Regulation (PBR) in the Power Sector.
EPS 7: Continuing Regulatory Education for Stakeholders: ERC-Media Dialogue
On 26 August 2009, the AIM Policy Center, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and the USAID Energy and Clean Air Project, hosted the first ERC-Media Dialogue.
"Reversing Areas of Philippine Uncompetitiveness" by Prof. Ma. Lourdes Sereno
Download the full version of the article published in the Sunday Manila Times Special Report (19 July 2009)
State of Philippine Competitiveness 2009
The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Policy Center, the public policy think-tank of the AIM, presented the annual State of Philippine Competitiveness (SPC) National Conference on July 13, 2009 at the Function Room 1 of the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.
MSMEs Financing in Asia-Pacific Region: Crisis and Countermeasures
As a driving force for innovation, employment and economic development, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) play a very important role in a country’s economy. MSMEs’ access to finance, however, is rather limited. Financing has been a problem that troubles MSMEs for a long time, which restrains them from sustainable development in the long run. On the one hand, financing through equity and debt are often attached with many strings; on the other, the traditional financing access and patterns can not provide adequate funds to support the MSMEs. As a result, it is a common challenge for all the governments and financial institutions to address the issues of how to provide sufficient financing support, expand access to finance, innovate financing pattern, and promote sustainable development for MSMEs.
Mobilizing Unified Strategies for Trade Negotiations and the Need for a Philippine Trade Representative Office
The advocacy of multi-sectoral groups on the matter of Philippine capacity for negotiations in international trade has reached fever-pitch with the Trade Advocacy Group (TAG) successfully galvanizing support in the House of Representatives for the creation of a Philippine Trade Representative Office (PTRO). This proposed office tracks and models the powers and functions of the US Trade Representative Office.
As part of the AIM Policy Center’s interest in creating multi-sectoral dialogues in the area of international relations that affect business interests, it is pleased to invite you, together with the TAG, to a public forum, “Mobilizing Unified Strategies for Trade Negotiations and the Need for a Philippine Trade Representative Office” on 01 June 2009, 12:30pm to 4:00pm at SGV Hall, 3/F AIM Conference Center Manila, Benavidez cor. Trasierra Sts., Legaspi Village, Makati City.
World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009 Results: A Look at Philippine Performance Amidst the Global Crisis
2009 marks the 13th year of the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center’s (APC) engagement as a Partner-Institute of the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) for the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY). The yearbook is reputed as being the worldwide reference point on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analyzing how an economy manages the totality of its resources and competencies to increase the prosperity of its population. Over the years, it has been a key reference of investors, analysts, and decision-makers in assessing country performance.
Social Market Economy: A Viable Development Option for the Philippines?
The world is in the midst of a gripping financial crisis. Many think that because of the failures of the dominant economic system, a rethink of the Philippine development model is in order. Many countries like ours are in the same process –asking themselves, “What worked, and what didn’t?” This is one question that the AIM Policy Center, together with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, brought before its various constituencies during the forum on “SOCIAL MARKET ECONOMY: A Viable Development Option for the Philippines?” held last May 19, 2009 at the Rigodon Ballroom of the Peninsula Manila in Makati City.
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Last updated: September 23, 2009