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bworldonline.com /3 weeks ago

Luzon AI Corridor: Strategic breakthrough or another missed opportunity?

(Last of two parts) Last week, we argued that the Luzon AI Corridor could be the Philippines’ last real chance for economic leapfrogging. The country can no longer rely on a growth...

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bworldonline.com /1 month ago

Luzon AI corridor: Our last chance for leapfrogging?

In an earlier column (“Breaking the mold: Innovation, institutions and economic transformation,” Jan. 30, https://tinyurl.com/2adzv4at), the argument was direct: incremental reform...

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bworldonline.com /1 month ago

Assessing the first half of the Marcos Jr. administration: Investments

As regards the sectors of the economy that attracted foreign direct investments (FDIs) during the three most recent administrations (Aquino, Duterte, and Marcos Jr.), the Benigno “...

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bworldonline.com /1 month ago

Turning AI into a force for competitiveness in the Philippines

UNDP’S RECENT REPORT, “The Next Great Divergence,” underscores a defining challenge for countries across Asia and the Pacific: they are entering the AI era with uneven foundations...

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bworldonline.com /1 month ago

Time to fix our Achilles heels

Is there any doubt at all that we have been moving farther away from the kind of economic growth needed to help more of our people escape poverty? The past few weeks have seen the...

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business.inquirer.net /1 month ago

Blueprint for hope: Investing in tomorrow’s enablers today

MANILA, Philippines – A quiet moment at the Philippine International Convention Center last March 21 marked the culmination of a long, uncertain journey—one that began with a dista...

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bworldonline.com /2 weeks ago

Tick-tock-tick-tock…

There was a time not so long ago when anyone who suggested that a big population was a boon to leverage, rather than a burden to cut down to size, was met with raised eyebrows, rol...

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bworldonline.com /4 days ago

Discovering PHL’s regional competitive edge

By Mhicole A. Moral, Special Features and Content Writer The Philippines ranked 51st out of 69 economies in the 2025 World Competitiveness Yearbook, released by the Switzerland-bas...

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bworldonline.com /2 weeks ago

The economic significance of Filipino seafarers: challenges

The Philippine seafaring industry is currently facing an inconvenient truth: its market share in the global market is shrinking.

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bworldonline.com /2 weeks ago

Luzon Economic Corridor seen to increase jobs, investments

THE LUZON Economic Corridor (LEC) will help make the Philippines more resilient to external shocks by generating more jobs and attracting greater foreign investment interest, the F...

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bworldonline.com /1 month ago

Overtaxed but underserved: Fixing the Philippines’ tax system to unlock investment

At the 2026 Economic Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Briefing held at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), one message resonated strongly: The Philippines is overtaxed, yet underserved....

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bworldonline.com /6 days ago

The Philippines at the AI crossroads: What the country and its industry leaders must do now

OUR COUNTRY’s outsourcing empire is now facing a reckoning. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already encroaching on the Philippine economy: inside the contact centers, back-office o...

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business.inquirer.net /1 month ago

Unlocking the Market Mentor Dividend

MANILA, Philippines — The world feels smaller today. Supply chains are under pressure, energy markets remain volatile and uncertainty has become part of the operating environment....

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thediplomat.com /1 week ago

Family Business: Dynastic Politics in the Philippines

Pressure is building for a change.

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e27.co /3 weeks ago

If not now, when? How we built the Philippines’ first national innovation movement

“If not you, who?  If not now, when?”  That was the mantra that stuck in my mind when I accepted the appointment by the President of the Philippines to sit on the country’s Innovat...

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opinion.inquirer.net /1 month ago

‘Men of steel’: PH-style industrial policy 

ADDIS ABABA—“We couldn’t have asked for more,” Benjamin Yao, the chairman of SteelAsia, told me when I asked about government support during a visit to one of the company’s flagshi...

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bworldonline.com /1 week ago

WB: Businesses key to PHL becoming ASEAN growth engine

THE PHILIPPINES’ ambition to become Southeast Asia’s next economic growth engine depends on the private sector’s ability to invest, expand and innovate with confidence, the World B...

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rappler.com /1 month ago

[Good Business] Good Deal sa pera: Kaalaman is good investment

In a world increasingly shaped by economic shocks, geopolitical tensions, and uncertainty, financial literacy becomes a quiet form of resilience, strengthening households from with...

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rappler.com /1 month ago

[Good Business] Good Deal sa pera: Kaalaman is good investment

In a world increasingly shaped by economic shocks, geopolitical tensions, and uncertainty, financial literacy becomes a quiet form of resilience, strengthening households from with...

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rappler.com /1 month ago

[Good Business] Good Deal sa pera: Kaalaman is good investment

In a world increasingly shaped by economic shocks, geopolitical tensions, and uncertainty, financial literacy becomes a quiet form of resilience, strengthening households from with...

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bworldonline.com /1 month ago

The promise of AI — millions of jobs created or destroyed?

I was born in the 1960s, and it would be an understatement to say that the world has undergone a massive change. We grew up without cell phones, video games, personal computers, e-...

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bworldonline.com /1 month ago

On university rankings and global asymmetries

Universities across the world, including our own, are being quietly but profoundly reshaped. Corporatization, commercialization, and metrification, amplified by global university r...

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bworldonline.com /1 month ago

Assessing the first half of the Marcos Jr. administration: Comparisons

(Part 4) To assess the quality of governance in the Philippines, it would be enlightening to study the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) which provides cross country comparison...

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bworldonline.com /4 days ago

Turning Southeast Asia’s ambitions into corporate strategy

BusinessWorld Economic Forum 2026 tackles the opportunities of ASEAN 2026 chairship By Bjorn Biel M. Beltran, Special Features and Content Assistant Editor The Philippines entered...

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