Matt, Serena and I (Aileen) are sitting at our friend's apartment in Manila having a few last San Miguels and some vodka and mango juice...

IEDP 2010 has returned to the U.S.! Before we launch into a couple of post-game blogs, let us thank you again for your interest and support....

Our whirlwind tour of Manila is done, and the students are now enjoying some well-deserved rest after four days of intense work. I was impre...

After four days of being based in Manila, we're off to explore another part of the country. We left for Albay, a province south of Mani...

Today, several of us (namely the Urban Policy Team, Cree, Kasia, and Tony) got to visit Baseco, which is the largest squatter settlement are...

One of the joys of IEDP is engaging with a variety of policy leaders and officials to gain further perspective on our research. Given that ...

All of us are safely here now! Before we plunge into our interviews with policy-makers this week, we took a little time today to recover fro...

Most of us have landed on Manila tonight! (Some missed the flight and will be joining us in 3hrs.) We didn't have time to go around the ...

Dear friends and faithful readers, Tomorrow morning, we finally depart for our trip to the Philippines. !!! After weeks of researching...

Today, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas announced an uptick in business confidence. According to the business confidence index, business sentime...

(posted on behalf of Aileen): As an addendum to all the sensational campaign ads we saw on Tuesday, here’s probably the most sensational yet...

Yesterday we learned that a University of Michigan professor was responsible for the US's colonization of the Philippines. He wanted to ...

The IEDP is not the first connection between the Ford School of Public Policy and the Philippines. Besides a rich history of over 100 years...

We got some great news this past week -- due to the generous support of our donors, including the Ford School of Public Policy, our entire 2...