Part 2 Becoming More Competitive

Gov’t Agencies Make Self-Assessments

2 April, 2012 at 13:11

MANILA, Philippines — Local and national agencies are conducting their own assessments on specific measures where they gave themselves high

2012 Index of Economic Freedom, ASEAN-6

21 February, 2012 at 17:34

via chartsbin.com The 2012 Index of Economic Freedom by The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal tracks the economic success of 184

Competitiveness involves not just reducing red tape

7 December, 2011 at 12:19

This is a partially re-posted article. THE GOVERNMENT needs to move beyond trimming red tape if the Philippines is to improve its global ranking,

2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, ASEAN-6 Rankings

2 December, 2011 at 10:14

via chartsbin.com Released Dec. 1, 2011, the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International ranked 183 countries according to

Honesty pays

25 November, 2011 at 11:36

This is a re-posted opinion piece. A great leader is single minded, he has a vision and sticks to it. Regardless. President Benigno Aquino III has

Philippines slips in Paying Taxes rankings

23 November, 2011 at 11:24

THE PHILIPPINES has lost ground in global tax rankings published by the World Bank and the International Finance Corp. (IFC), having been

Philippine gains noted in well-being measure

11 November, 2011 at 17:23

THE PHILIPPINES advanced in this year’s edition of the United Nation’s Human Development Report but it remains in the bottom half of an

Philippines ranks 8th among 135 on world...

11 November, 2011 at 11:40

The Philippines, where women and men enjoy the same access to education, remains in the top 10 countries with the least gender gap, according to

It’s hard to be patient

9 November, 2011 at 10:14

This is a re-posted opinion piece. The Philippines did it again—fell in an international ranking. This time it is the World Bank’s Doing

Gov’t urged to speed up competitiveness reforms

8 November, 2011 at 18:34

MANILA, Philippines—The good news is that the Philippines is moving forward in terms of business competitiveness. The bad news is that it’s

PHL among least competitive countries in IT...

2 November, 2011 at 10:13

An international survey has ranked the Philippines among the countries with the lowest competitiveness in the field of information technology

Improving port ability in the Philippines

28 October, 2011 at 17:10

The Philippine government has announced plans to step up spending on transport infrastructure, with upgrades to existing ports and the

Tough place for business

27 October, 2011 at 09:28

This is a re-posted op-ed piece. A year and a half into a new administration, it has become harder to do business in this country. This is

Philippines rates poorly on ease in doing...

24 October, 2011 at 10:52

The Philippines dropped further behind other emerging markets in the region when it fell two notches in the global ranking on ease of doing

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