Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures, Tables and Boxes xi
4. Foreword xxvi
5. Foreword xxix
6. Message xxxii
7. Preface and Acknowledgements xxxiv
8. About the Editors xxxvi
9. About the Contributors xxxviii
10. Acronyms li
11. Part 1. Introduction and Synthesis
12. 1. From Agriculture to Competition: Overview and Lessons from the Philippines and Asia for Pro-poor Development 3
13. 2. Philippine Economic Development in Comparative Perspective: An Interpretative Essay 29
14. Part 2. Agricultural and Economic Development
15. 3. Trade Distortions as Constraints to Agricultural Development in East Asia 75
16. 4. Beyond Krugman: The Importance of Agriculture for East Asian Growth 95
17. 5. The Role of Agricultural and Structural Transformations in Rural Poverty Reduction 116
18. 6. The Changing Relationship between Farm Size and Productivity: Asia and the Philippines 133
19. 7. The Political Economy of Rice Policy in the Philippines 157
20. 8. Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change 190
21. Part 3. Economic Policies for Achieving Targeted Levels of Living in the Philippines
22. 9. Low Income Traps and Philippine Poverty Incidence 223
23. 10. The Philippines in Global Manufacturing Value Chains: A Tale of Arrested Growth 246
24. The Limits of Trade Policy Liberalization in the Philippines 280
25. 12. Reaching for the Demographic Dividend to Achieve Inclusive Economic Growth 311
26. 13. Collateralizing Wages: The Case of Sangla ATM 339
27. Part 4. Inequality and Economic Development
28. 14. An Essay on Markets, Distributive Justice and Social Safety Nets 361
29. 15. Convergence of Philippine Spatial Inequality during the American Colonial Period 390
30. 16. Social Differentiation: The Middle Class and Its Discontents 414
31. 17. Redistributive Preferences and Prospects for Intergenerational Mobility in Southeast Asia 460
32. Part 5. Competition Law and Policy
33. 18. Adopting and Adapting Competition Policy: Asian Illustrations 495
34. 19. Competition and Employment Growth in the Philippines: A Baseline Assessment 546
35. 20. Buyer Power and Late Payment Behaviour in the Shoe Capital of the Philippines 574
36. 21. Regulation, Market Evolution and Competition in the Philippine Microfinance Sector 595
37. 22. Tariffication and Market Structure: The Case of the Philippine Rice Industry 633
38. 23. The Role of Government Subsidies in Philippine Agricultural Competition 665
39. Part 6. International Dimensions
40. 24. Modernization of the Global Rice Market 697
41. 25. International Cooperation for Development: Learning from Trade and Tax Policies 727
42. Index 750