This study examined the relationship between a set of macroeconomic variables and stock market development in Hong Kong and the Philippines for the periods of 1992Q4-2016Q3 and 2001Q4-2016Q4 respectively. In recent decades, the stock markets in Hong Kong and the Philippines have experienced remarkable growth. While the literature has produced diverse views on the relationship between each determinant and the stock market, there are no relevant studies on the determinants of stock market development on these two countries. Against this background, this study enriched the literature by investigating the macroeconomic determinants of stock market development in these two countries using the autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach. The empirical results of this study revealed a number of interesting findings. In the case of Hong Kong, the results showed that banking sector development and economic growth exerted positive impacts, whereas the inflation rate and exchange rate exerted negative impacts on stock market development both in the long and short run. In addition, the results showed that trade openness had a positive long-run impact, but a negative short-run impact on stock market development. Therefore, policymakers should pursue policies that foster banking sector development, enhance economic growth and maintain trade openness in order to foster the development of the stock market. In addition, monetary authority should strive to maintain a low level of inflation rate and the value of the domestic currency so as to further promote stock market development. In the case of the Philippines, the study found that trade openness had a negative impact on the development of the stock market in the long run, whereas banking sector development, and the exchange rate had positive impacts in the short run. Based on these findings, policymakers should consider policies that promote the use of equity financing in the production of main exports, enhance banking sector development, and maintain the stability of the domestic currency in order to promote the development of the stock market. / Economics / D. Phil. (Economics)

This thesis examines pond aquaculture as a development strategy in the Philippines, with particular reference to its impact on the local environment and the livelihoods of local people. / A theoretical framework is provided by recent literature in development studies and human geography, which attempts to move away from an essentialist and ethnocentric development praxis, and towards a locally-based, participatory process of empowerment. From the perspective of such 'alternative' development ideas, orthodox strategies involving modernization, formalization of economic activities, and resource mobilization, can be reassessed. / The promotion of pond aquaculture--and the widespread mangrove deforestation associated with it--is shown to be a strategy endorsed and supported by national and international development agencies. What is often overlooked, however, is the local ecological and economic importance of mangrove ecosystems. This study examines the effects of mangrove removal and fishpond development on the entitlements of people in three coastal communities in the Philippines. Aquacultural development is shown to have detrimental effects on the integrity of the coastal ecosystem and the livelihoods of certain groups of local residents; a rich common property resource is converted into a privately-owned system of cultivation. While benefits accrue to those with access to the capital necessary for the construction of fishponds, the costs of development are borne largely by mangrove gatherers and artisanal fisherfolk, whose share of a diminishing resource base is steadily declining. For these marginal groups, aquaculture is shown to provide few compensating economic benefits. / The study supports, through concrete local evidence, the criticisms made of orthodox approaches to development, and the need to construct attitudes and strategies which are more attuned to local sustainability and equity.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 352-357).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 352-357).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 352-357).

This descriptive and correlational study examined the applicability of major U.S. college choice factors to Philippine high school seniors. A sample of 226 students from a private school in Manila completed the College Choice Survey for High School Seniors. Cronbach's alpha for the survey composite index was 0.933. The purposes of this nonexperimental, quantitative study were (1) to describe the relative importance of major college choice factors (as identified in U.S. research) to Philippine high school seniors, and (2) to determine whether there were statistically significant differences in the importance ascribed to these factors, according to students' demographic attributes. For all statistical analyses, SPSS 16.0 software was used. To address the first purpose, the mean and standard deviation were calculated for each college choice factor addressed in the survey. To address the second purpose, ANOVAs, Mann-Whitney U tests, and Kruskal-Wallis tests were run, in order to study the relationship between each of the major college choice factors and students' demographic attributes. This study found that all of the major U.S. college choice factors were important, to some degree, in the Philippine context. Other factors were added based on pilot studies. This study also found that some of the U.S.-literature-generated demographic choice attributes functioned similarly in the Philippine setting (e.g. academic ability, gender), while others did not (e.g. educational level of fathers and of mothers). Moreover, students' academic ability was the primary demographic attribute, accounting for statistically significant differences in assessment of the importance of college choice factors for most (12 out of 13) of the factors. The major U.S. college choice factors appear to be important to Philippine private high school students. Two choice attributes (academic ability, gender) appear to apply to private high school students in the Philippines, while the attributes of father's and mother's education levels do not appear to apply. Among Philippine private high school students, academic ability may account for differences in assessment of the importance of college choice factors. Using a survey method alone to study college choice is limiting. Future studies should utilize a variety of methods to collect data and should involve several schools.

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The present study was expected to provide empirical evidence on the sex preference of Filipino parents given their socio-economic status and type of residence. Data from Tan's (1981) study of Northern Mindanao were utilized while a historical perspective provided explanation for the possible presence of preference. Utilizing multiple regression the results indicated that SES, contingent on residence, did not affect preference. However, residence did affect preference with rural residents slightly preferring males while urban and semi-urban preferred females. An attitude of non preference was evident in the findings and this was attributed primarily to the Malayan tradition of the Filipinos. The persistence of nonpreference was due mainly to the fundamental attributes of children: their economic productivity and support of parents in old age. / M.S.

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Armed hostilities and conflicts have not only killed hundreds of thousands, but have alsodisplaced millions of families and communities around the world, forcing them to move out oftheir homes and seek shelter somewhere else. Some have crossed borders and sought refuge inother countries (refugees). Internally displaced peoples (IDPs) are those victims of conflict whohave remained within their own countries, suffering from constant displacements and numerousviolations to their human rights. However, they are not mere helpless victims of conflict anddisplacement, but instead some of them are also heralded as heroes because of their activeparticipation in and contributions to the peace process. Already viewed both as victims andheroes, this qualitative desk study looks at a third perspective to the IDP community: can theyalso be seen as potential spoilers to peace processes? An analytical framework outlining some conditions to spoiling activities and behaviour has beendeveloped in this study as a basis to facilitate research into this topic. The framework is thenapplied to a case study, chosen because of its community’s heterogeneity: the IDPs of Mindanao,also known as the Bakwit. Through consulting previous research and current relevant newsreports on the Bakwit, their opinions and attitudes toward the conflict, their proposed solutions toending the conflict, as well as, their role in the peace process in Mindanao are discussed in thisstudy. With the application of the analytical framework on the case of the IDPs in Mindanao, thisresearch has found out that because of their direct involvement in conflict, limited politicalparticipation, and limited socioeconomic inclusion, the Bakwit has the potential to spoilingactivities and behaviour. Their exposure to majority of the conditions and characteristics thattrigger spoiling behaviour could hinder them in participating in the peace building process. Thus,the analytical framework has also been used to conclude what governments and the internationalcustodians can do to prevent IDPs from engaging in spoiling activities and to ensure that conflictresolution, negotiations, and peace building activities are more sustainable.