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Philippines: Reducing Inequality Key to Becoming a Middle-Class Society Free of Poverty
Policies that support employment and workers, raise education quality and improve access, boost rural development, and strengthen social protection can reduce inequality, thus enhancing...
Deeper Participation in Global Value Chains Will Strengthen Recovery of the Philippine Economy
Post-pandemic, the Philippines has more opportunities to deepen its participation in global value chains (GVCs) especially in business clusters like industrial, manufacturing, and transportation;...
The Philippines SIM Card Registration Act and the Veto of President Duterte
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Jeetendra Vishwakarma*
The Act, mandating compulsory registrations for SIM cards and social media accounts, has been fiercely denounced by national and global...
Return of the Marcos and Great-Power Competition
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., more commonly known as "Bongbong," won an outright majority in the recent presidential election in the Philippines. Son and name-bearer of...
New Roadmap Shows Potential for 21GW of Offshore Wind by 2040 in the Philippines
A new roadmap released today by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the World Bank Group (WBG) shows that the Philippines has potential to...
The 2022 Presidential Elections in the Philippines
As the Philippines go down to vote for a new President on May 9, let’s have a look at how democracy functions in the...
Mitzi Jonelle Tan – Leading the youth climate movement in Philippines
Mitzi Jonelle Tan is a full-time climate justice activist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She is the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates...
A Crucial Year for the Asia-Pacific Region: Gauging Elections and Strategic Transformations
Authors: Richard J. Cook and Maximilian Ohle*
With the increasing severity of the Sino-US peer competition, the Asia-Pacific faces a crucial year. South Korea, Japan,...
China, Vietnam, Philippines and United States Sustainability in the South China Sea
Authors : Nabel Akram, Imran Altaf, Komal Tariq
Supremacy of any world power depends upon its control over the important Geo-strategic places. A hegemon must...
Philippines: Boosting Private Sector Growth Can Strengthen Recovery, Create More Jobs
Rebounding from a deep contraction in 2020, the Philippine economy is forecast to grow 5.3 percent this year before accelerating to an average of...