% of the underemployed were in agriculture and services. By sector, underemployment in agriculture represented 27% of total … employment in agriculture. The corresponding shares for industry and services were 21% and 16%, respectively. In addition, 54% of …

Unemployment has remained high in the Philippines, at almost twice the level of neighboring countries, despite … relatively fast employment growth in the past decade. Employment growth was not sufficient to reduce unemployment because of … unemployment declines were positively correlated with real GDP growth and, to a lesser extent, negatively with the real minimum …

The presence of discontinuities in the January rounds of Philippine Unemployment Data from 1981-2006 is investigated by … an abrupt change in unemployment rates in the mid-1980s and in 2005-2006. The former may reflect the political and … unemployment adopted in 2005 …

the Philippines over the past 15 years. An analysis of the labor adjustments in and out of agriculture shows that a …Lagging labor reallocations outside agriculture amid sustained low agricultural productivity have been a key feature in … from agriculture, whilst the lack of post-primary education and the presence of agricultural clusters hinder such outflows …

Analytics labor sector of the Philippines. With the aim of informing skills trends and supporting growth of the labor market … recommendations intended to guide the Analytics Association of the Philippines, as the established Skills Sector Council, create an …, leveraging the framework proposed by the Analytics Association of the Philippines. We discuss the need for more specialized …

Using the World Bank's Enterprise Survey for the Philippines, our analysis found that, on average, firms that deployed …

Transforming Philippine agriculture and fisheries (AF) into a dynamic, high-growth sector is essential to poverty … and fishers. Agriculture and fisheries rely on natural capital and are both providers and consumers of ecosystem services … practices in ecosystem-based management in agriculture and fisheries exist, and supported by key policies, but sectoral and silo …

agriculture and fisheries. From the start of its actual implementation in 2000 up to the present, it has been plagued by numerous …The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) is an ongoing loan and grant program in the Philippines for …

promotes greater competition for the Philippine agriculture and fisheries (A and F) sectors. With the country`s A and F sector …