Recent reports indicate good reasons to be optimistic about the future of the Philippine economy. The Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 assumes an annual growth rate of 6.5 to 8 percent for ...

Despite facing economic challenges in 2023, largely due to geopolitical tensions and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines demonstrated resilience, with notable recovery in ...

Officials from the U.S. and the Philippines this week held the first meeting of a labor working group designed to establish a more robust, mutually beneficial trade relationship between the two ...

Your Excellency President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Magandang hapon sa inyong lahat (Good afternoon to you all)! On behalf of the World Bank Group, I extend our deepest gratitude for the opportunity to ...

Domestic growth is strong in the Philippines, while global challenges are affecting prospects. The Philippine government is implementing its 8-point socioeconomic agenda and the Philippine Development ...

Having established in Series 1 the historical roots of Philippine underindustrialization and, in Series 2, the unique application of the Dodge Plan within the country’s colonial and Cold War context, ...