From the country’s humble origins as fishermen and traders, the Philippines has developed a multitude of modern ports spread across the country today. With no direct land ties to any nation, and a population spread out over thousands of islands large and small, developing and maintaining an efficient marine transport network is crucial to...
What support infrastructure should be prioritised to mitigate disruptions to the trade supply chain in Metro Manila and ports across the archipelago?
The road network in the Philippines plays a critical role for both commerce and social movement of citizens. While seaports and airports are instrumental in moving goods in and out of the country, it is the road network upon which Filipinos must rely heavily upon for key tasks, such as moving goods to and from distribution centres, supplying...
While the Philippine economy continues to post healthy growth rates, a strong case can be made that the country’s full potential has yet to be realised. This is in part due to inefficiencies in the mass-transport network. Comprised of 16 townships and one municipality, which have had their boundaries blend into each other over decades of...
There is little question that public infrastructure in the Philippines has been underfunded. In the World Bank’s most recent Logistics Performance Index, published in 2014, it ranked 75th out of 160 countries surveyed, with a score of 2.5 out of 5.
In looking closer at the interworking of plans being made to alleviate the gridlock within the Metro Manila area, the longer-term strategic goals of the Philippine government include an emphasis on employing more environmentally-friendly modes of transport and cleaner fuels, in a concerted effort to curtail the increasing air pollution...
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