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Free Downloads. Happy Holidays: Download All UP CIDS Policy Papers In 2023 (And More)

We’ve gathered many of our downloadables for 2023 in this web page. Scroll down to access policy papers, podcast episodes, journal articles, book reviews, and webinar recordings.

36 Policy Papers

These policy papers include monographs, discussion papers, policy briefs, and proceedings. Click on “+” to view the titles

Philippine Politics and Governance
  1. Making Voter Education a Pillar of Democracy in the Philippines
  2. Assessing Local Governance and Autonomy in the Philippines: Three Decades of the 1991 Local Government Code
  3. Decolonial Approaches to Legislation: Seminar-Workshop
  4. The Philippine Judiciary: Strengthening the Third Branch of Government
  5. The Party is Dead! Long Live the Party! Reforming the Party System in the Philippines
Decolonization and Politics in the Bangsamoro
  1. Decolonial Approaches to Legislation in the Bangsamoro Context
  2. Bangsamoro Local Government Code: Re-reading of Decentralization and its Problems
  3. The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code
  4. Decolonizing Religion: Wishful Thinking or a Real Possibility?
  5. Decolonial Approaches to Legislation: Seminar-Workshop
Philippine Economy and Development
  1. #TaxTheRich: A Policy Analysis of Introducing a Wealth Tax in the Philippines Using a Social Justice Lens
  2. Inequality, Tax Justice and the Philippine Wealth Tax Campaign
  3. Debating the Prospects of Nuclear Energy in the Philippines:Proceedings of the Public Forum “Why We Need Nuclear Energy”
  4. Business for Peace Conference
  5. Sustaining and Enhancing the Monitoring of Development Goals: Policy Coherence and Multi-Level Governance in Philippine Bureaucracy
Agriculture
  1. Land for Food: The Peace and Equity Foundation–Malaga Cuenca Agrarian Reform Cooperative (PEF-MACARBEN) Agrarian Reform–Block Farming Case Study
  2. Resilience of Organic Rice and Supermarket Value Chains during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Global Organic Wellness Corporation
Education
  1. Contemporary Issues in Philippine Higher Education 3
  2. Literacy Assessment for Grades 4 – 12: Emerging Themes and Framework for 21st Century Learning
  3. Exploring Methods to Decolonize English Studies
Health and Foreign Policy
  1. Revitalizing Local Governance in the Philippines through Sustainable Health Financing
  2. Re-evaluating Japan’s Middle Power Diplomacy: Between Aspirations and Reality
Alternative Regionalism
  1. Reinforcing People-to-People Solidarities Towards Regionalism from Below: Alternatives from Southeast Asia Amid COVID-19 (COVID 19)
  2. Re-Imagining Post-Pandemic Societies: Alternative Practices across Southeast Asia Volume 2
  3. Advancing and Realizing Alternative Regionalism Southeast Asian Peoples’ Solidarity and Resistance in COVID-19 Times
  4. Linking People-to-People Exchange: Weaving between Alternative Development Practitioners from Southeast Asia and India
Gender
  1. Barriers to Filipino Women’s Political Representation
  2. The 2019 Expanded Maternity Leave Law: A Law Whose Progressive Potential Has Yet to Be Fully Realized
  3. People-to-People Exchange Towards Forging Intersectional Feminist Futures: Alternative Practices of LGBTQIA+, Persons with Disabilities, and Migrant Groups in the Philippines
  4. FDC Women’s Assembly: Babae Ako: Usbong, Sulong, Hindi Uurong!
Islam and Muslims in the Philippines
  1. (Mis)Handling COVID-19–Related Deaths and Islamic Burial Rites Among Muslims in the Philippines
  2. Balik-Islam in Some Selected Areas in Luzon and the National Capital Region: Motivations of Conversion and Challenges Encountered
  3. The Philippine Halal Landscape: Webinar Proceedings
  4. Muslim Institutional Development in Education
Transportation
  1. Putting Transport Workers and Commuters First: The Route to Just Transition in Public Transport Modernization
  2. Sama-sama sa Pag-arangkada! Magkaisa para sa Pang-masang Pampublikong Transportasyon! Ipagtanggol ang Prangkisa at Kabuhayan!

Six Podcast Episodes

  1. Setting Sail for the Indo-Pacific: The EU Strategy for Cooperation
  2. Confronting Regional Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific Region
  3. AOIP Unboxed: Exploring the ASEAN Blueprint of Regional Engagement
  4. Steering Ways Forward: Toward’s Japan’s Indo-Pacific Visions
  5. The One China Puzzle: Decoding the Philippine Perspective
  6. Strategic Pivots: Threading South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Path

Journal: Philippine Journal of Public Policy

Articles and Essay

  1. Using Marx to Understand the Working Class in the Philippines

  2. Provision of Electricity and Internet Access in DepEd Schools: Implications on School Performance and Digital Inclusivity in the New Normal

  3. An Exploratory Network Analysis of the Translation Industry in the Philippines: Perspectives from Translators in the Academe

  4. Systemic Perils in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia (Essay)

    Book Reviews

    1. A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order by John Ikenberry

    2. The Drama of Dictatorship: Martial Law and the Communist Parties of the Philippines by Joseph Scalice

    3. Empire of Seas: Thinking About Asia by Shiraishi Takashi

    4. Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies edited by Dada Docot, Stephen B. Acabado, and Clement C. Camposano

    Webinar Recordings

    Researching Higher Education: New Studies on Philippine Higher Education | A Forum

      Reality Versus Expectation: BBM’s 2023 SONA

      Reports

      Mid-Year Report 2023

      The Role of UP CIDS in Policy-Making