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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.
Articles & Analysis | Curriculum reform ensure graduates have skills for the Philippine workplace from The Report: The Philippines 2017
The changes taking place across the education sector are designed to better equip Filipinos for jobs that require critical thinking skills and an understanding of technology. There is also a pressing need to address the country’s skills gap, with graduates often left either unemployed or underemployed, and industries unable to find the workers...
Articles & Analysis | Philippines extends compulsory schooling by two years from The Report: The Philippines 2017
As the most far-reaching reform of the Philippine education system in decades, the introduction of K-12 was highly controversial. Opposition to extending compulsory schooling by two years was triggered by concerns about whether the infrastructure could cope, whether there were enough teachers and what the impact would be on private colleges....
Articles & Analysis | Education reform in the Philippines aims for better quality and more access from The Report: The Philippines 2017
The Philippine education system has evolved over hundreds of years of colonial occupation, first by Spain and then by the US, through martial law and the people’s power revolution that brought democracy to the sprawling archipelago. The education sector’s development has mirrored the changes in the country’s administration. Today the focus is...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Jikyeong Kang, President and Dean, Asian Institute of Management (AIM): Interview from The Report: The Philippines 2017
How can an accreditation system help strengthen the quality of higher education in the Philippines?