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Interviews & Viewpoints | Ramon M Lopez, Secretary of Trade and Industry: Interview from The Report: Philippines 2021
Articles & Analysis | The road to Industry 4.0 and advanced agri-business in the Philippines from The Report: Philippines 2021
Industry has made a sustained contribution to the Philippines’ economy in recent years, accounting for roughly 30% of GDP between 2017 and 2019. Sector growth was driven predominately by manufacturing, which comprised more than half of industrial output and 19% of GDP over the same period. Growth was constrained in 2020 as Covid-19 response...
Articles & Analysis | The Philippine government's new priorities for energy from The Report: Philippines 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic hit the Philippines’ consumption-driven economy hard, with forecasts from the IMF suggesting that real GDP could contract by as much as 9% in 2020. Strict lockdowns took a heavy toll on the energy sector in the form of a steep drop in demand for both electricity and fuel, yet local power providers took steps to ease the...
Articles & Analysis | How will the energy mix look in the post-Covid-19 Philippines? from The Report: Philippines 2021
Travel restrictions and the suspension of industrial activities around the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic have led to an unprecedented drop in global emissions. According to data from the Helsinki-based Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS), by the first week of April 2020 daily carbon emissions had fallen by 17% against mean 2019...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Benjamin E Diokno, Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP): Interview from The Report: Philippines 2021
What is your assessment of the BSP’s ability to mitigate the economic challenges brought about by the pandemic and facilitate recovery?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Kelvin Ang, CEO, AIA Philam Life: Interview from The Report: Philippines 2021
How would you assess the pace of digital transformation in the Philippines’ insurance sector?