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The research activities of the School of Economics are being coordinated by the Economics Research Center (ERC). Known as the Institute of Economic Development and Research prior to the establishment of the School in 1965, ERC seeks to maintain a balance between the academic interests of the School faculty and its concern with policy matters.


SCOPE AND THRUSTS

ERC's research program covers diverse areas, including economic theory and econometrics, international trade and finance, fiscal management, human resources, population, poverty and income distribution, regional and rural development, resource and environmental economics, and growth and development.

The scope of its research activity is continuously expanding to accommodate emerging issues of interest, the growth of the faculty, and the needs of government for planning and policymaking. ERC's research orientation is partly reflected in the increasing number of collaborative research projects involving not only faculty members and graduate students but also other scholars, as well as the extensive use of primary data collected wither by School projects or by external agencies.


INSTITUTIONAL LINKS

In recent years, ERC, through the School faculty, has undertaken various research projects with international and local research institutions such as the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Institute of Developing Economies of Japan, the Asian Development Bank, and agencies of the Philippine government like the National Economic and Development Authority, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies. Some faculty members have also undertaken important policy research analyses for members of Congress.

Linkages with these institutions and agencies have contributed much to the growth of the Center's research outputs in terms of addressing emerging economic issues.

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