Philippines

What are the next steps to accelerate the transition into a digital financial system?

Rapid macroeconomic growth has worked to strengthen trade and investment in the Philippines. Build, Build, Build (BBB) – the government’s infrastructure development agenda – is supporting soaring imports, while the fast-growing manufacturing export base remains an economic mainstay. However, export revenue has failed to keep pace with import...

One of the most striking things about the economic transformation of the ASEAN region over recent decades is the scale of opportunities yet to be realised. The IMF forecasts that over the next five years, six of ASEAN’s economies will grow faster than China, and every single one of ASEAN’s economies will grow faster than both the US and the EU...



Over a decade of robust macroeconomic expansion has driven the Philippines to the forefront of regional economies, with personal consumption driving GDP growth and a swelling middle class expected to attract foreign investment in the coming years. However, despite a strong emphasis on poverty reduction and income equality in...



With GDP growth averaging 6.4% between 2010 and 2017, the Philippines is one of the top-performing economies in South-east Asia. Underpinned by its robust services sector, it is seeing rising investment in manufacturing, strong remittance inflows from overseas workers and an infrastructure spending surge under the Build, Build,...