The UP CIDS Policy Brief Series features short reports, analyses, and commentaries on issues of national significance and aims to provide research-based inputs for public policy. These works serve as a medium for distilling lessons learned from research and present recommendations for policymaking.
The following are policy briefs from the UP CIDS Policy Brief Series for the current year. Click on the serial number or title to view and/or download the paper. Use the buttons below to navigate through the pages.
Securitizing energy: Prospects and challenges for the Philippines
Marvin Hamor Bernardo
Strategic Studies Program
What’s in it for us? A discussion of the various options the Philippines might take to benefit from Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy
Ramon D. Bandong, Jr.
Strategic Studies Program
Integrated and Holistic Madrasah Education System (IHMES): An Alternative Madrasah Education System for Muslim-Filipinos
Jamel R. Cayamodin
Islamic Studies Program
Japan’s relations with China: What can the Philippines learn from it?
Ramon D. Bandong, Jr.
Strategic Studies Program
Changes in the global structure and finding a place for the Philippines
Marvin Hamor Bernardo
Strategic Studies Program
Friend or foe?: Insights on China’s foreign policy in contemporary international relations
Maria Nikka U. Garriga
Strategic Studies Program
Movable collateral and partnerships in value chains
Jane Lynn D. Capacio, Emmanuel S. de Dios, and Rob van Tulder
Program on Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Chains for Change
Reclaiming public services: Giving back ownership and control of the water sector to local government
Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem and Eduardo C. Tadem
Program on Alternative Development
Not Just a Lab Story: Insights to Improve Science Reporting in the Philippines
Jon Benedik Bunquin and Maria Jeriesa Osorio
Program on Data Science for Public Policy
Urban Farming and Urban Land Use Dilemmas in Metro Manila
Kristian Karlo C. Saguin
Program on Social and Political Change
Airbnb Listings: A Potential House Price Index
Geraldine E. Guarin and George Douglas D. Siton
Program on Data Science for Public Policy
Alternative approaches to territorial disputes in Northeast and Southeast Asia
Eduardo C. Tadem
Program on Alternative Development
Risk transfer mechanisms: Charting a strategy on local insurance
Dennis G. dela Torre and Erwin A. Alampay
Program on Social and Political Change
Reframing gender disparities in basic education in the Philippines
Naomi Fontanos and Dina S. Ocampo
Education Research Program
Ensuring the affordability of socialized housing: Towards liveable and sustainable homes for the poor
Chester Antonino C. Arcilla
Program on Social and Political Change
Beyond the Shared Tears of Bangsamoro Women Migrant Workers: From Greener Pastures to Greater Accountability
Cheery D. Orozco
Islamic Studies Program
Alternative water sources for Metro Manila for water security and resilience
Guillermo Q. Tabios III
Program on Social and Political Change
Understanding and reshaping tourist culture in response to community ideals and environmental development
Io M. Jularbal
Local-Regional Studies Network • Cordillera Studies Center
Urban dimensions of flooding and holistic flood risk management: The case of the Pasig-Marikina River Basin in Metro Manila
Guillermo Q. Tabios III
Program on Social and Political Change
Twenty Years of the Philippine Seatbelt Law: Reviewing and Addressing the Challenges in its Enforcement
Yla Gloria Marie P. Paras
Program on Alternative Development • Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety–Legal Development Programme
