The paper examines the prospects for export expansion of the country’s diversified agricultural and labor-extensive industries. Initially it establishes the Philippines’ assumed competitiveness in these products by ranking them according to the normalized values of their net exports. An...

The study analyzes the pattern of diversification of Philippine export flows over the last two decades as a clue to the problem of export expansion. Coefficients of concentration show a marked diversification in both geographic and commodity structures of Philippine export trade. In particular...

The author raises a number of issues related to the Philippines' participation in APEC. First is the issue of whether the country's economic interests are consistent with the objectives of APEC. The author surveys the policy goals and current initiatives towards economic liberalization in the...

The study explores in depth the phenomenon of the overseas spread of Japanese computer industry, by focusing on the FDI behavior of a segment of the industry, namely that of the hard disk drive (HDD) sector. It studies the various motivations for the choice of the Philippines both by Japanese...

From being second to Japan in the early 1950s, the Philippine manufacturing sector has now been rated as one of the least successful economic performers in the region. Like the other past attempts, this paper reviews the performance, competitiveness and structure of the country’s manufacturing...