Following a landmark peace agreement and a late-2016 tax reform package, 2017 looks to be a year of significant promise for Colombia. The country has been in recovery since the 2014 collapse in oil prices, which predominantly affected exports, government revenues and the exchange rate. However, with the external sector acting as a shock absorber, the authorities helped ensure that domestic demand was able to pick up some of the slack.
In many ways Central Luzon, or Region III, shares many characteristics with Calabarzon, the country’s industrial core. As well as being an affluent region, Central Luzon is the third-highest contributor to GDP, with Bulacan and Nueva Ecija ranking among the top-10 earning provinces according to the Commission on Audit’s 2015 “Annual Financial...
Over the years Central Visayas’ key city, Cebu, has grown into one of the country’s most significant provincial economies and an attractive destination for foreign direct investment (FDI). Formerly the country’s colonial capital, and currently known as the Queen City of the South, Cebu’s central location has positioned the island as a natural...
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