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There are two online histories of the statistical system of the Philippines, covering the Spanish colonial period until 1898, the period when the Philipines was under various forms of United States governance (1898-1946) and since independence in 1946:
- Nozawa, Katsumi (1998) 'History of the Philippine Statistical System', Newsletter of the Project on Long-Term Economic Statistics of Asia, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
- Nagano, Yoshiko (1998) 'The Location and Composition of Philippine Historical Statistical Materials', Newsletter of the Project on Long-Term Economic Statistics of Asia, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
Further discussion of the long-term economic statistics of the Philippines in the context of historical national accounting can be found in this online paper working paper:
- Nagano, Yoshiko (2007) フィリピン経済史研究と国民経済計算 ―研究史についての覚書― [Philippine economic history research and national accounts calculation - Memorandum on research history], Hitotsubashi University Research Unit for Statistical Analysis Discussion Paper Series No. 209. Tokyo: Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. The English language version of the paper is (2007) 'National Income Accounts in Philippine Economic History: A Preliminary Report on Data Gathering and Research Trends.' Hi-Stat Discussion Paper No.220. Tokyo: Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
Last update on Thursday 16 April 2026 (07:09) by Pierre van der Eng