ARTICLES

18 Jul 2025

The Missing Link in Philippine Infrastructure: Local Governments

Camille Bismonte

To realise its ambitions to build better infrastructure across the country, the Philippines needs to empower government units at the local level.

16 Apr 2025

Philippine AI Governance: Time to Shift Gears

Jose Miguelito Enriquez

While acknowledging the importance of establishing a framework for AI governance, the Philippine government has not enacted relevant laws or introduced regulatory policies through executive action.

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10 Feb 2025

Philippines Offshore Gambling Operators (POGOs): Off-putting

Teresita Ang See

The high-profile case involving Alice Guo has uncovered a raft of issues related to offshore gambling operators in the Philippines.

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5 Feb 2025

Rethinking Economic Planning in the Philippines

JC Punongbayan

There are plans to transform the Philippines’ socioeconomic planning agency, NEDA, into a new Cabinet department. But this proposal fails to address its declining relevance and chronic inability to ensure the implementation of crucial development projects.

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10 Dec 2024

Reclaiming the ‘Resilient Filipino’: From Romanticised Climate Narratives Towards Resilience-Focused Climate Policy in the Philippines

Ariel Macaspac Hernandez

Climate change is clearly affecting the Philippines. Whether it can transform a long-held national attribute into successful climate adaptation will determine what the future holds.

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14 Nov 2024

So Near Yet So Far: The Philippines’ Lower-Middle-Income Country Trap

JC Punongbayan

Despite claims of strong growth by economic managers, the Philippines remains stuck in a lower-middle-income trap, lagging behind its ASEAN peers.

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12 Jun 2023

Why Should We Care about Older Filipino Migrants?

Michelle G. Ong

Many Filipino migrant labourers and migrants are ageing in their host countries, facing challenging circumstances with few resources to overcome them. What can the Marcos Jr. administration do to support these older Filipino heroes who serve the rest of the world’s needs?

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18 Apr 2022

Talk is Cheap: The 2022 Philippine Elections’ Climate Implications

Ruth Lusterio-Rico

President Duterte’s approach to environmental issues has been inconsistent. His declarations about solving environmental problems have been quite strong, but were not followed by concrete actions. The next President must strike a tough balance between fostering a business climate conducive to economic recovery, whilst moving ahead with climate action and environmental commitments.

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3 Jun 2021

Following the Money: Changes to Philippine Remittance Inflows

Malcolm Cook

The U.S. solidifies its paramount status, and Singapore rises to #2.

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22 Jul 2020

The Philippine Pandemic and the Plague on Pedagogy

Malcolm Cook

The Covid-19 pandemic in the Philippines has affected not only the economy, but the country’s education sector. A failure to make redress for this as the country emerges from the pandemic will have social and economic costs.

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