Filipino political economy

Bringing Positive Change to the Philippines

Filed under Filipino political economy with No Comments, January 2nd, 2011 by pompano

This is the second installment of our series on how Filipinos can help bring about POSITIVE CHANGE in the Philippines.  Installment One is located HERE. The following question was posed to Hundreds of Filipinos all over the Philippines:  How are you going to help PNOY reform the Philippines?? These are some of their UNEDITED/UNCENSORED answers.  [...]

How can YOU help bring changes to the Philippines?

Filed under Filipino political economy with 1 Comment, August 23rd, 2010 by pompano

In this series of short articles, the question “How are you going to help President Aquino bring changes to the Philippines?” was posed to Filipinos of all backgrounds and walks of life all over the Philippines.  Here are the answers they gave.  This is a multi-part series. “Roughly 88 percent of adult Filipinos trust President [...]

Can the Philippines become another Singapore?

Filed under Filipino political economy with No Comments, February 14th, 2010 by Kabayan

I’ve been to Singapore and done business with Singaporeans and based on what I’ve learned, applying their model of development here would be very challenging… to say the least. Singapore got to where it is (the only First World country in ASEAN) because of several key factors, small size and smaller population, among them. In [...]