SOCIAL ECONOMICS

In the area of social economics, CRC involves a wide range of research focusing on how economics and business can – without losing their predominant concerns on getting the maximum material benefits from relatively scarce resources – still be instruments for attaining societal goals.

Eminent Filipino economist Dr. Bernardo Villegas sets the agenda for the work of CRC in this area, with a particular attention on the future of Philippine MSMEs and cooperatives, and the social contributions of businesses in education, food and agribusiness, energy, transport and logistics, infrastructure and industry, health and wellness, and the country’s emerging digital super-sector.

CRC to Co-Organize Forum on “Why Investors Don’t Invest in the Philippines”

August 17th, 2021|

Join us on August 20, 2021 at 9:00AM-12:00PM in Session 7 of the Series of Economic Fora on Foreign Direct Investments and the Economic Amendments on the 1987 Constitution -- this time, directly ... continue reading

Does the Philippines need to ‘promote’ the refining sector of the downstream country’s refined petroleum industry?

April 25th, 2022|

One sector of the industry that has seen a reduction in the number of players is refining. Before deregulation, the country had three refiners (Petron, Shell, and Caltex). Caltex exited soon after ... continue reading