Research & Writing
A collection of working papers, research projects, and shorter notes examining how governments, financial systems, and public institutions respond to economic constraints.
An institutional assessment of competing interpretations of post-pandemic public debt, fiscal deficits, revenue capacity, and development-oriented fiscal space in the Philippines.
The paper compares government, multilateral, legislative, and academic perspectives while distinguishing short-term liquidity concerns from longer-term questions of solvency, fiscal capacity, and economic development.
A developing study of the role of peso-denominated government securities within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ interest-rate corridor from 2016 onward.
The project focuses on liquidity management, interest-rate transmission, collateral and market operations, and the broader development of the Philippine domestic government-securities market.
A note on why fiscal space is not simply a question of whether a government can spend, but of whether it has the economic, institutional, and political room to act responsibly over time.
A note on development as a process of decision-making under fiscal, productive, political, and institutional limits rather than a simple progression toward higher income.
Earlier work on international law, human rights, and institutional legitimacy is being reviewed and revised before being added to a separate archive.