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I Overview and Background »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
The Philippines has received considerable attention in recent years as it “emerged” in the early 1990s from a long period of slow growth and economic imbalances, and then managed to escape the “Asian crisis”...

II Economic Growth »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
The Philippine economy has long been set apart from many of its Asian neighbors by its weaker growth performance; its performance in recent years, however, offers grounds for optimism....

III Public Finance: Sustainable Fiscal Adjustment »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
Since the early 1990s, there has been a significant improvement in the Philippines’ fiscal accounts. The consolidated public sector balance moved from deficits in the range of one-half of 1 percent of GNP to...

IV Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
Over the past two decades, the Philippines has been transformed from an economy that performed substantially below its potential to a dynamic emerging-market economy. Most recently, the economy has been able...

Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557758613.084
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
This Occasional Paper discusses the policies behind the favorable economic performance of the Philippines during the 1990s, when it emerged from a long period of slow growth and economic imbalances and managed to e...

Back Matter »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
This Occasional Paper discusses the policies behind the favorable economic performance of the Philippines during the 1990s, when it emerged from a long period of slow growth and economic imbalances and managed to e...

Front Matter »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
This Occasional Paper discusses the policies behind the favorable economic performance of the Philippines during the 1990s, when it emerged from a long period of slow growth and economic imbalances and managed to e...

V External Sector »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
Although the external sector came under heavy pressure during the Asian crisis, it proved less vulnerable than in the most heavily affected countries. The policy response to crises in the mid-1980s and early...

VI Banking System Reform »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
Major improvements in financial and structural policies have played a key role in promoting the emergence of a modern banking system. Historically, the banking sector in the Philippines has suffered from the...

VII Corporate Governance »
Source: Philippines : Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Markus Rodlauer
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
ISBN: 9781557758613
Keywords: banking, central bank, inflation, monetary policy, monetary fund
Good “corporate governance”—the system by which corporations are directed and controlled—is critical in building market confidence and encouraging stable, long-term investment flows, particularly foreign cap...