How can the Philippines encourage the development of locally produced content and Philippine-branded products both domestically and abroad?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Alfred M Yao, President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI): Interview from The Report: The Philippines 2015
Articles & Analysis | Market reforms in the Philippines should see exports and investment increase from The Report: The Philippines 2015
After years of lagging behind its South-east Asian peers, the Philippines is seeing a long-awaited awakening of foreign direct investment (FDI). Although FDI volumes are still smaller than what countries in its peer group attract, the Philippines has been catching up at an impressive pace. Although many of the challenges that impeded...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Cesar V Purisima, Secretary, Department of Finance: Interview from The Report: The Philippines 2015
To what extent has good governance translated into strengthened economic fundamentals and improved revenue collection?
Articles & Analysis | The Philippines has long been known for its large qualified workforce from The Report: The Philippines 2015
Labour exports are usually thought of as signifying a lack of opportunity in the domestic economy, and countries that do so are often seen as tacitly admitting that they are unable to organise domestic production. Indeed, the Philippines initiated its policy of labour exports in the 1960s under dictator Ferdinand Marcos, largely because he was desperately short of hard-...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Doris Magsaysay Ho, President and CEO, A Magsaysay, and Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Chairman and CEO, Ayala Corporatio: Interview from The Report: The Philippines 2015
How can the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and economic integration be leveraged to boost emerging economies’ competitiveness?
Articles & Analysis | The Philippines' recent high economic growth rates may be sustainable from The Report: The Philippines 2015
The Philippine economy continues to enjoy a period of rapid, broad-based growth as the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector and growing remittances from overseas workers drive growth in consumer-oriented industries and construction. Although real growth decelerated in 2014 to 6.1%, it remained higher than Southeast Asian peers, and it is expected to remain near 6%...