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Two sides to the Philippine economy
15th July 2014
The Philippines has enjoyed a period of rapid economic growth in recent years and attracted increasing attention as one of the fast-growing economies of South East Asia. Can this growth be sustained? What are the risks, challenges and the constraints facing the country? And how can the benefits of growth contribution to a transformation of economic and human development? This blog provides links to some useful resources:
Asian Development Bank: Video on inclusive growth
Macro Data
Economic growth rate (%)
Investment (% of GDP)
Consumer price inflation
News articles
Linda Yueh (BBC) - Philippines: After the storm - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27472477
Mark Tran (Guardian) - Philippines: a booming economy struggles to make growth inclusive - http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013...
Philippine economy to double in the next ten years (Guardian) - http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/world-news/162...
Video resources
Financial Times (July 2014)
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.