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Course Description
PA 172 is designed to introduce to the student the economic role of government, principal
forms of government intervention, and the role of public administration in the
implementation of economic policies and development objectives.
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Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the student is expected to acquire a critical understanding of the
following:
1. Key concepts, principles, theories and analytical tools of economics in general and
economic development in particular, and their application to Philippine economy and
policymaking;
2. Current economic issues, controversies and problems confronting Philippine society;
3. Dynamic interrelationship between the state, public administration and governance,
and the Philippine economy, as well as the dynamics between the global politics and
economy and how these affect Philippine politics and economy.
4. The various constraints in policymaking and how these constraints maybe overcome.
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Course Outline
Facing the Challenge
A. The Philippine
Economic Situation
B. Recent Philippine
Economic Growth
Record
Reference Materials
PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC UPDATE:
PURSUING INCLUSIVE GROWTH
THROUGH SUSTAINABLE
RECONSTRUCTION AND JOB CREATION,
March 2014, Asian Development Bank,
Poverty Reduction and Economic
Management Unit, Philippine Country
Office, East Asia and Pacific Region
Kelly Bird and Hall Hill, Philippine Economic
Development: A Turning Point? August 2008,
http://www1.doshisha.ac.jp/~ccas/eng/Epublica
tions/eWP16hill.pdf
Nelson, Robert. 2007. The Philippine Economic
Mystery. The Philippine Review of
Economics.
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III.
Promoting Human
Development, Ending
Poverty
A. Poverty in the
Philippines
B. Constraints to Poverty
Reduction
C. Human Development
D. Population Growth
Implications to Human
Development
E. Coping Strategies and
Safety Nets
F. Policy Assessment 1:
Government
Scholarship Program
G. Policy Assessment 2:
Assessing TESDA
Performance: Is it
making a Dent in
Promoting Human
Development?
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VI.
Active Participation
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Group Report
Group Term Paper
Total: 100%
Grade Equivalent
95-100
90-94
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
67-69
64-66
60-63
50-59
0-49
1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00
2.25
2.50
2.75
3.00
4.00
5.00
10%
25%
25%
20%
20%