Policy Pulse Archives - UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies

Policy Pulse: Baseline Study of Internet Connectivity for Last-Mile Schools in the COVID-19 Project: Quality Assurance and Data Management Processes

18 June 2026
Assessment, Curriculum, and Technology Research, Policy Pulse

Marlene B. Ferido, PhD Background and Context Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed to support the Department of Education (DepEd) through the EdTech Solutions for...

Policy Pulse: 100% Online Class Policy: Considerations on Higher Educational Response to the National Energy Emergency

14 April 2026
CIDS, Higher Education Research and Policy Reform, News and Events, Policy Pulse

The University of the Philippines Open University in Los Baños, Laguna. Filipinos experienced another round of fuel price increases on 7 April 2026. With global oil prices beyond national control, different...

Policy Pulse: Fortifying the teacher licensing system

8 October 2025
CIDS, Policy Pulse

File:Student Teacher and Cooperating Teacher.jpg. (2025, June 30). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved October 9, 2025, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Student_Teacher_and_Cooperating_Teacher.jpg&oldid=1050692843. This...

Flood-Control Fiasco: A Policy Reckoning for Accountability in the Philippines’ Climate Risk Governance

2 October 2025
News and Events, Policy Pulse, Urban Studies

Flooded villages in Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila, in July 2025, after a river overflowed due to heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Emong. Photo: AFP By: Weena Gera, Convenor, Urban Studies...

Tariff Shock: What the New U.S. Duties Mean for Philippine Exports

4 August 2025
Escaping the Middle-Income Trap, Policy Pulse

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. By Annette Pelkmans_Balaoing UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) A major shift in U.S....