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50% of Filipinos stunted at childhood in the 1980s could be why the Philippines is so intellectually-bankrupt today!

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50% of Filipinos stunted at childhood in the 1980s could be why the Philippines is so intellectually-bankrupt today!

For many of the world’s richest — or even emerging — economies, the biggest threat to continued prosperity is a rapidly aging and, in the worst cases, declining populations. The effect of wealth and better education on fertility has long been known. As people get better-educated, enjoy a greater variety of lifestyle options, and gain…

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Development, Economy, Education

Filipinos’ ability to compete with other Southeast Asian countries hobbled by their dismal reading comprehension and listening skills

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Filipinos’ ability to compete with other Southeast Asian countries hobbled by their dismal reading comprehension and listening skills

At first it seems baffling that the Philippines continues to suffer the same problems it had suffered over more than half a century after it was granted independence by the United States in 1946. The same inability to innovate, build industrial capacity that matches its enormous population, and move from labour-added-value up the food chain…

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Development, Education, Religion, Society

Philippines bottom-ranked in WB Ease of Doing Business report

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Philippines bottom-ranked in WB Ease of Doing Business report

The Philippines ranked a dismal 138th out of a total 185 nations in a study that ranked nations according to ease of doing business. The Philippines remain bogged down by red tape when it comes to the administrative nitty-gritties of opening and operating businesses there. It ranks among the top three countries with the largest…

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