Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

Figures, Tables and Boxes

pp xi-xxv

Foreword

pp xxvi-xxviii

Foreword

pp xxix-xxxi

Message

pp xxxii-xxxiii

Preface and Acknowledgements

pp xxxiv-xxxv

About the Editors

pp xxxvi-xxxvii

About the Contributors

pp xxxviii-l

Acronyms

pp li-lviii

Part 1 - Introduction and Synthesis

pp 1-2

1 - From Agriculture to Competition: Overview and Lessons from the Philippines and Asia for Pro-poor Development

pp 3-28

2 - Philippine Economic Development in Comparative Perspective: An Interpretative Essay

pp 29-72

Part 2 - Agricultural and Economic Development

pp 73-74

3 - Trade Distortions as Constraints to Agricultural Development in East Asia

pp 75-94

4 - Beyond Krugman: The Importance of Agriculture for East Asian Growth

pp 95-115

5 - The Role of Agricultural and Structural Transformations in Rural Poverty Reduction

pp 116-132

6 - The Changing Relationship between Farm Size and Productivity: Asia and the Philippines

pp 133-156

7 - The Political Economy of Rice Policy in the Philippines

pp 157-189

8 - Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change

pp 190-220

Part 3 - Economic Policies for Achieving Targeted Levels of Living in the Philippines

pp 221-222

9 - Low Income Traps and Philippine Poverty Incidence

pp 223-245

10 - The Philippines in Global Manufacturing Value Chains: A Tale of Arrested Growth

pp 246-279

11 - The Limits of Trade Policy Liberalization in the Philippines

pp 280-310

12 - Reaching for the Demographic Dividend to Achieve Inclusive Economic Growth

pp 311-338

13 - Collateralizing Wages: The Case of Sangla ATM

pp 339-358

Part 4 - Inequality and Economic Development

pp 359-360

14 - An Essay on Markets, Distributive Justice and Social Safety Nets

pp 361-389

15 - Convergence of Philippine Spatial Inequality during the American Colonial Period

pp 390-413