Tag: competitiveness

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

June 25, 2024 benign0 3 Comments

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…

Development, Economy, Education

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

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 benign0 25 Comments

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…

Development, Education, Religion, Society

Philippines bottom-ranked in WB Ease of Doing Business report

October 25, 2012 benign0 8 Comments

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…

Development, Economy, Money Talks

Robert Haighton
on What is Alex Eala doing wrong? For starters she’s pulling Pinoy Pride along with her in an already difficult journey to the top
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Lambada Pansino
on Japan and the Philippines A Contrast in Pansin
Bingo. Pilipinos are mostly morons and buffoons who take after
Lambada Pansino
on Japan and the Philippines A Contrast in Pansin
Pilipinos need to wake the f up. We are used
Humphrey
on Alex Eala has ONE job
She is another rich kid, us empire worshipping clown, with
benign0
on Alex Eala has ONE job
Indeed. The choice is entirely hers to make. It's a
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on Alex Eala has ONE job
Alex only needs to prove to herself. She doesn't have
Forgetit
on The Silent Crisis: How Stigma and State Violence Exacerbated Neurodiversity in the Philippines
Yeah, Filipinos are a bunch of judgmental people. They think
Jed
on Pet Sematary Pinoy Democracy: Why the System that Returned After 1986 Came Back Wrong
Effective governance starts locally. It starts with individuals, families then