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Research & Development Expenditure

Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D for 2005 was 42.2 billion pesos (latest data available). Business sector accounts for just less than half of GERD in terms of spending and funding. National R&D expenditure data obtained through UIS and OECD is presented below:

Table: Breakup of R&D Expenditure
SourceNational R&D SurveyOECD
YearYear: 2005Year: 2005
Unitsmillion pesomillion PPP USD
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D42,183.75,919.0
R&D Expenditure by spending sector:  
Business/Industry20,860.12,929.9
Government  1,308.1
Higher Education11,568.41,621.8
Private &/or non-profit/FFRDCs430.559.2
Others  
R&D Expenditure by source of funds  
Business/Industry19,609.82,752.3
Government19,126.52,681.3
Higher Education  
Foreign314.441.4
Other sectors (e.g. Public Research Institutes)354.6 
Others 438.0
Source: (1) UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2009 edition (2) OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators database, May 2009.