NATIONAL COLLEGE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

PA 172 Public Administration and the Economic System
Course Syllabus
PA 172 THZ
2nd Semester, AY 2014-2015
TTh 5:30-7:00 PM
NCPAG Room 309
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Michael Eric L. Castillo

e-mail: michaelericc@gmail.com
Mobile Phone: +63 999-991-3698/ +63 917-889-4206
Consultation Hours: by appointment

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 Modules and List of Readings.

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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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II.

Pursuing Economic Growth

A. Development Theories
and Economic Growth
Models
B. Constraints to
Philippine Economic
Growth

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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?

Balisacan, Arsenio and Hal Hill. 2003. The

Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and
Challenges. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila
University Press. Chapter 1 An Introduction to
the Key Issues.
Ranis, G. 2004. The Evolution of Development
Thinking: Theory and Policy. Paper prepared For
the Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics, Washington, D.C., May
3-4, 2004.
Jurado, Gonzalo. 2003. Growth Models,
Development Planning, and Implementation in the
Philippines. Philippine Journal of Development
Vol. 30 No. 1. Makati City: Philippine Institute of
Development Studies (PIDS).
Asian Development Bank, Philippines: Critical
Development Constraints. (MANILA: ADB,
2007), Available online at
www.adb.org/Documents/Books/PhilippinesCritical-Dev-Constraints/highlights-phil-criticaldev-constraints.pdf. (Chapter 3).
Balisacan, Arsenio M. 2011. What Has Really
Happened to Poverty in the Philippines? New
Measures, Evidence, and Policy Implications.
UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2011-14. School of
Economics, University of the Philippines.
Boozer, M. Et al. 2004. Paths to Success: The
Relationship Between Human Development and
Economic Growth. Economic Growth Center
Working Paper No. 874. Yale University, New
Haven, CT, 2004.
Fuwa, Nobuhiko, Arsenio M. Balisacan, Fabrizio
Bresciani, 2011. In Search of a Strategy for
Making Growth More Pro-poor in the Philippines
UPSE Discussion Paper No.2011-10. School of
Economics, University of the Philippines.
Inequalities in Income, Labor, and Education: The
Challenge of Inclusive Growth, PIDS
DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES NO. 2015-01
Pernia, Ernesto M., et al. Population, Poverty
and Reproductive Health Bill. UPSE Discussion
Paper No.2011-01. School of Economics,
University of the Philippines.
Tan, Edita Abella and Katrina Dinglasan. Why

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IV.

The Role of Institution in

Development
A. Institution and
Development
B. Public Administration
and Governance
C. Corruption
D. Policy Assessment 3:
Constitutional
Impediments to Foreign
Investments
E. Policy Assessment 4:
Philippine Policies on
Anti-Trust (or The Lack
Thereof)

the Poor Have Many Children. UPSE Discussion

Paper No.2012-17. School of Economics,
University of the Philippines.
The Philippine Technical Vocational
Education and Training (TVET) System,
DR. AUGUSTO BOBOY SYJUCO, Secretary
and Director General, Technical
Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA),
http://www.tesda.gov.ph/uploads/file/Phi
l%20TVET%20system%20%20syjuco.pdf
Skills Development: Promising
Approaches in Developed Countries and
Emerging Economies, ADB Briefs No.
19, November 2013,
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pu
blication/31137/skills-developmentpromising-approaches.pdf
Dercon, Stefan. 2000. Income Risk, Coping
Strategies and Safety Nets. The Center for the
study of African Economies Working Paper
Searies No. 136. Oxford: Center for the Study of
African Economies.
MIDTERM EXAM
De Dios, Emmanuel S. 2008. Institutional
Constraints in the Philippine Growth. UPSE
Discussion Paper No. 0806. School of Economics,
University of the Philippines.
De Dios. Emmanuel S. And Geoffrey M. Ducanes.
2001. Investments, Institution, and Governance
in Asia. UPSE Discussion Paper No.2011-07.
School of Economics, University of the
Philippines.
UNDP. 1997 Reconceptualising Governance.
Discussion Paper No. 2. UNDP.
Committee of Experts on Public Administration.
2002. The Critical Role of Public Administration
and Good Governance in Implementing the United
Nations Millenium Declaration: Institutional
Capacity Development ( Report of the
Secretariat). Economic and Social Council,
United Nations.
Gill, Indermit and Homi Kharas. 2007. An East

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V.

The Philippine Economic

Sectors: Issues and
Performance
A. Sector Assessment 1:
The Philippine
Agricultural Sector
B. Sector Assessment 2:
The Phil. Industrial
Sector
C. Sector Assessment 3:
The Phil. Services
Sector

VI.

The Philippine in the

Global Economy
A. Trade
B. Globalization
C. Regional Integration
D. Policy Assessment No.
5. Philippine
Investment Incentive
Policies
E. Policy Assessment No.
6. ASEAN Economic
Integration: Its Impact
on Philippine Education
F. Policy Assessment No.
7. ASEAN Economic
Integration: Its Impact
on Philippine Education

Asian Renaissance: Ideas for Economic Growth.

Washington, D.C.: The World Bank. Chapter
Corruption
Group Report (Policy Assessment 3 and 4)
Balisacan, Arsenio and Hal Hill. 2003. The
Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and
Challenges. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila
University Press. (Chapter on Agricultural,
Industry and Services).
Balisacan, Arsenio M., Nubihiko Fuwa and
Margarita H. Debeque. The Political Economy of
the Philippine Rural Development since the
1960s. In Akiyama, Takamasa and Donald F.
Larson, eds. Rural Development and Agricultural
Growth in Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.
The World Bank, 2004.
Paderanga, Cayetano Jr. W. Private Sector
Assessment: Philippines. Asian Development
Bank, 2011.
Group Reports ( Sector Assessment 1, 2 and 3)
Gill, Indermit and Homi Kharas. 2007. An East
Asian Renaissance: Ideas for Economic Growth.
Washington, D.C.: The World Bank. Chapter 2
Trade.
Dollar, David. 2001. Globalization, Inequality
and Poverty since 1980. Development Research
Group, The World Bank.
Cororaton, Cesar B., John Cockburn. And Erwin
Corong. 2006. Doha Scenarios, Trade Reforms,
and Poverty in the Philippines: A CGE Analysis.
In Hertel, Thomas W. And L. Alen Winters.
Poverty and the WTO: Impacts of Doha
Development Agenda. The World Bank, 2006.
International Institute for Sustainable
Development (IISd). 2007. Regional Integration,
Trade and Conflict in Southeast Asia. Manitoba:
IISD
Cartalucci, Tony, ASEAN Economic
Community Why, For What, and By Whom,
Global Research 2014, New Eastern Outlook
ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint,
http://www.asean.org/archive/518710.pdf

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Balboa, Jenny, et.al., Achieving the

ASEAN Economic Community 2015:
Challenges for the Philippines,
DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES NO. 201020,
http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/dps/pidsdps1
020.pdf
FINAL EXAM
Course Requirements:
Students will be evaluated on the basis of class participation, individual papers, and midterm and
finals. The distribution of the final course grade from the various assignments is:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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%