Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty. This … inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment … persistence of poverty in the Philippines. To promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty, the manufacturing sector has to be made …

Philippines today, notably affordable internet connection, poverty, corruption, agriculture and food security, and energy … inferences about the level of awareness of the Filipino people on ASEAN; their perceived problems confronting the Philippines and …/maritime disputes, trade and investment issues, agriculture and food security, and income disparity and social inequality. These reflect …

priority areas during the Philippines' APEC hosting in 2015 under the theme: "Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better …

creates jobs, draws the majority into the economic and social mainstream, and continuously reduces mass poverty. Employment … conditions in Philippine rural labor markets and agriculture can be characterized as casual or informal, with low skill … requirements, with low productivity and returns, and a greater concentration of poverty. This is consistent with a prominent strand …

While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic … growth has still not translated into reduction of poverty. This is in large part due to issues pertaining to distribution … processes. The study looks at trends in various statistics on poverty and income distribution, and then examines how disparities …

is necessary and instructive. This paper constitutes the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the AEC Blueprint for the Philippines …. The Philippines Country Report presents the results of the surveys related to the MTR on areas including trade … liberalization and facilitation, services and investment liberalization, labor mobility, and agriculture. In assessing the progress …

is necessary and instructive. This paper constitutes the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the AEC Blueprint for the Philippines …. The Philippines Country Report presents the results of the surveys related to the MTR on areas including trade … liberalization and facilitation, services and investment liberalization, labor mobility, and agriculture. In assessing the progress …

evidence behind this? This article seeks to address this question. It finds that in the Philippines, higher LMWs: (i) are … intended to protect; (iii) decrease the employment probability of the young, inexperienced, less educated, and women laborers …; and (iv) tend to ironically reduce average income and raise household poverty rate. These results illustrate how rapid …

in the capital- and labor-intensive sectors of the Philippines, represented by manufacturing and agriculture …Under the assumption of full employment, we probed the impact of labor emigration on wages, employment, and production … consequential employment opportunities for unemployed resources left behind, specifically unskilled workers that are biased towards …

. Exports of the rest of ASEAN increase as well, including the Philippines. The entry of cheaper rice in the Philippines … domestic product improves by 3 percent and welfare by USD 2 billion. Philippine poverty declines from 24.9 percent to 23 …