The report, Making Growth Work for the Poor: A Poverty Assessment for the Philippines, is prepared by the World Bank (WB), in support of the poverty reduction efforts of the Philippine government. It covers the period between 2006 and 2015 on the varying impacts of growth on the living conditions of Filipinos. It draws from continue reading
2018 World Competitiveness Yearbook by the IMD
From being ranked 41st in 2017, the Philippines slid by nine notches to 50th out of 63 countries in the 2018 version of the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY). Now on its 30th edition, the WCY is a publication of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) which has 55 partner organizations in 63 countries. Click continue reading
The Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018
The Philippines climbed one notch to 56th from previous year’s 57th, in the overall rankings of 137 economies, based on the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2017-2018. However, despite this improvement, the Philippines has seen decrease in previous pillar rankings. The Report highlighted that the Philippines could make large gains in competitiveness at a relatively lower continue reading
2018 Ease of Doing Business Index by the World Bank
The Philippines continues to traverse an upward trend of economic gains, as it climbed 12 notches to reach the 58th spot in The Heritage Foundation’s 2017 Index of Economic Freedom (IEF), from 70th among all ranked countries the year before. With an overall score of 65.6 (up from 63.1 in 2016), the Philippines maintains its continue reading
Index of Economic Freedom 2017 by the Heritage Foundation
The Philippines continues to traverse an upwardtrend of economic gains, as it climbed 12 notches to reach the 58th spot in The Heritage Foundation’s 2017 Index of Economic Freedom (IEF), from 70th among all ranked countries the yearbefore. With an overall score of 65.6 (up from 63.1 in 2016), the Philippines maintains its stature as continue reading
World Competitiveness Yearbook 2017
The Philippines climbed one notch to 41st in overall rankings of 63 economies, based on the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) 20171. Among the 14 economies covered in the Asia-Pacific region, the Philippines also moved up from 12th in 2016 to 11th this year. A rapid look at the historical performance of the Philippines, however, indicates continue reading