For the economy to attain its full potential, the Philippines requires an efficient water transport system. However … Philippine ports than between 2 Philippine ports via an international portrait In the East Asia region, the Philippines trails …, the Philippines ranked 66th out of 157 countries in 2013, and performs the worst among a group of East Asian comparators …

economy as a whole and use them to design an effective competition policy for the Philippines. The report builds on Product …The objective of this report is to identify existing regulatory restraints to competition in key sectors and the … Market Regulation (PMR) indicators and the WBG's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Tool (MCPAT) applied to the …

during the Forum on Safe and Resilient Infrastructure that took place in Manila, Philippines, in October 2013. This report is … the experience of the Philippines to date in developing an integrated earthquake risk management program, focusing on the … future disasters in the Philippines. Earthquake risk management and strengthening programs initiated by both the public and …

The Philippines increasingly emphasizes lifelong learning and skills mobility for labor productivity as an integral … sections. Section 2 provides a brief country background of the Philippines to put the discussions into context. Section 3 …

The Philippines is an archipelago comprised of 7,107 islands with a humid climate and a topography characterized by … world, the Philippines also has one of the world's longest coastlines, and its marine and coastal resources yield in goods … and services. The country's mineral, oil, gas, and geothermal potential are also significant. The Philippines is also …

this partnership. In July of 2017, the Philippines placed on the international financial markets a portfolio of catastrophe … risk that transferred typhoon and earthquake risk from the Philippines through the World Bank to the international … challenges of the program, and guide their continued efforts to improve financial preparedness to disasters in the Philippines …

In recent decades, the agriculture and fisheries sector in the Philippines has grown but has clearly not lived up to … implementing them in the Philippines …