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Philippines economy

February 22, 2020
A Better Credit Rating Alone Can’t Overcome the Philippines’ Foreign Investment Woes
By Ronald U. Mendoza
Serious concerns about corruption, ease of doing business, and political interference scare foreign investors away regardless of credit rating scores.

February 20, 2020
What Does an Improved Credit Rating Actually Mean for the Philippines?
By Ronald U. Mendoza
The first article in a two-part series explains why credit ratings make the rich richer but matter less to most Filipinos.

July 19, 2018
Myth-Busting Chinese FDI in the Philippines
By Alvin A. Camba
Public imagination has a distorted picture of what Chinese FDI looks like. It’s much more than the “Belt and Road.”

July 17, 2018
Investors Fret as Duterte’s Popularity Slumps
By Anthony Fensom
Will Duterte's crass and unpredictable style impact the Philippine economy?

June 30, 2017
Duterte’s Year of Sound and Fury
By Ronald D. Holmes and Mark R. Thompson
One year after his inauguration, how is the Philippine president faring?

October 06, 2016
Is Duterte Wrecking the Philippine Economy?
By Ling Han
A closer look at how the Philippine president is impacting his country's economic prospects.

August 22, 2016
Asia’s Emerging Markets: From Bust To Boom?
By Anthony Fensom
The worst may be over for Asia's emerging markets, but growth will remain "slow and painful."

June 16, 2016
What a Duterte Administration Means for the Philippines' Central Bank
By Prinz Magtulis
The Philippine central bank needs a little change, too.

May 27, 2016
Awash With Cash: The Duterte Government's Inheritance From Aquino
By Prinz P. Magtulis
Many of Duterte's policy plans would not be possible without the fiscal discipline practiced by his predecessor.

May 27, 2016
Philippines: President-Elect Duterte Prompts Concern Over Economic Policy
By Jack Wagner
What will the Philippines' president-elect mean for the country's economic prospects?

May 13, 2016
Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines-China Relations, and the South China Sea
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Prashanth Parameswaran joins Ankit Panda to discuss the implications of Rodrigo Duterte's big win in the Philippines.

January 17, 2016
The Philippines Reaches a Crossroads
By Joshua Kurlantzick
The country's economy has done well, but this year faces some serious challenges.