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Dr. Francis Mark A. Quimba is a Senior Research Fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies and Director of Philippine APEC Study Center Network. He has worked on a number of research topics including agriculture, trade, and rural development. His current research interest is in innovation activity of local firms. He has participated in round table discussions on issues of trade, industrial development, innovation and e-commerce. He obtained his masters in International Developmen...

The government is urged to address the lack of access to finance and capacity-building programs as well as public-private sector coordination to enable women-led micro, small and medium enterprises to benefit from cross-border e-commerce, according to the Philippine Institute for Development Studies.

Women-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) could benefit greatly from cross-border trade and e-commerce participation, according to a Policy Note published by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). In the Policy Note titled “Empowering women-led MSMEs to engage in cross-border e-commerce trade through RCEP [Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership],”…

QUEZON CITY, Dec. 12 -- As a member-economy of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Philippines is presented with trade and investment opportunities that it should seize to pursue domestic reforms and create a more productive and competitive industry sector. Francis Mark Quimba, senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and director of the Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN), said that “the pressure is on the domestic side to make ...