ARTICLES

6 Nov 2026

Philippine Business Process Outsourcing Amid AI: Will the Resilience Last?

JC Punongbayan

Philippine outsourcing employment continues to grow despite fears of widespread AI-driven job losses. The challenge is to preserve entry-level opportunities and prepare workers before weaker hiring turns into a broader employment problem.

6 Apr 2026

The Philippines Puts Its Budget on Blockchain: Will This Beat Corruption?

David Lam

The Philippines has become the first government in the world to put its national budget on a blockchain. It offers a precedent for using the technology's transparency and immutability to enforce fiscal accountability.

Philippine Philippine Economy Philippine Politics

26 Jan 2026

Overseas Filipino Remittances and the Philippine Economy: Time for a Rethink

JC Punongbayan

As remittances from overseas Filipinos slow down amid global uncertainties and a changing global economy, the Philippines needs to develop new growth drivers.

Philippine Philippine Economy Remittances

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.

Philippine Philippine Economy Philippine Politics

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.

Artificial Intelligence Law Philippine Economy Philippines

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.

Philippine Philippine Economy Philippine Politics

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.

Climate Change Philippine Economy Philippines

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.

Philippine Economy Philippines

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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