Philippine Institute for Development Studies(PIDS)

Hi, hope you can help gather information on how the following laws/programs affect investment (particularly foreign inv., Japanese inv.) climate in the Philippines:

1. Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
2. Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law
3. Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) Program

Hope there is information on: (a) an overview of the above laws/programs; (b) expected amendments and possible effects on economy; (c) statistics on projected increase in investors and investments (funding); as well as other data or reference you may deem relevant. 

Many thanks!

February 13, 2019

Dear Gwendolyn Andalis,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 30, 2019 11:35:16 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Effects on Investments of Certain Laws/Programs.

You requested for the data on the following:

How the following laws/programs affect investment (particularly foreign inv., Japanese inv.) climate in the Philippines:
1.	Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
2.	Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law
3.	Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) Program

(a) an overview of the above laws/programs; (b) expected amendments and possible effects on economy; (c) statistics on projected increase in investors and investments (funding); as well as other data or reference you may deem relevant.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, this Office does not produce the data for the information you have requested. In relation to the specific topic of your request, PIDS makes use of administrative data from other agencies for our research studies. However, you may want to get in touch with the Board of Investments and the Department of Trade and Industry, which may have the information on specific policies you cited. You may visit them on the following websites: 

•	http://boi.gov.ph/
•	https://www.dti.gov.ph/
•	http://boi.gov.ph/industry-development/industry-development-program/programs/cars-program/

You may also want to look at some PIDS publications available on our website (link here: https://www.pids.gov.ph/publications) for other related information that you may deem useful.  The following publications may have the information that you need:
•	‘PPP Options for Universal Health Coverage in the Philippines’ (link: https://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/webportal/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/pidspjd13-ppp%20options.pdf)
•	‘Macroeconomic Overview of the Philippines and the New Industrial Policy’ (link: https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/pidsdps1748.pdf)
•	‘A Review of Build-Operate-Transfer for Infrastructure Development (link: https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/ris/books/pidsbk10-bot.pdf)’

You can find similar publications by searching for specific key words in the given link.

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Respectfully,
John Zernan Luna
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