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The Philippines Growth Dialogues
The Philippines Growth Dialogues is a special anthology featuring leaders who reflect on the biggest opportunities, challenges, and contextual forces that will define the Philippines’ next horizon of growth and innovation.
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The Philippines economy in 2024: Stronger for longer?
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The Philippine economy was more resilient than expected in 2023—current projections indicate that it could again achieve...
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On the verge of a digital banking revolution in the Philippines
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As regulators encourage new players to enter the digital financial services sector, firms that take the initiative can gain an...
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What does 2023 hold for the Philippines’ economy?
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While the Philippines has not yet reached growth rates experienced before 2020, big opportunities exist across sectors. If companies...
Survey
Survey: Filipino consumer sentiment during the coronavirus crisis
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Filipino consumers who were surveyed remain optimistic on the economy post-COVID-19, with their optimism now reaching prepandemic...
Discussion Paper - MGI Research
Outperformers: Maintaining ASEAN countries’ exceptional growth
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Almost half of the emerging economies that grew quickly and consistently in recent decades are in Southeast Asia. The challenges...
Discussion Paper - MGI Research
Smart cities in Southeast Asia
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Smart solutions can help cities across the region manage the next stage of growth.
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The Power of Parity: Advancing women’s equality in the Philippines
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The Philippines is further advanced than the Asia Pacific average on gender equality in work. But the experience of Filipinas...
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The Philippines growth dialogues: Kristine Romano, Nestor A. Espenilla Jr., and Nestor Tan
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In the third installment of this series, business leaders discuss important recent trends in the banking sector.
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As sector partitions crumble, ASEAN companies must cross borders
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For the region to reach its economic growth potential, companies must develop a clear understanding of how new technologies are...
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Deepening capital markets in the Philippines
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Establishing pro-market policies, along with supportive rules and institutions, should increase the flow of money to companies...
Interview
The Philippines growth dialogues: Doris Ho and Suraj Moraje
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In the first installment of a new series, two Filipino leaders discuss the country’s future economy and society.
Report - MGI Research
What Southeast Asia needs to become a major player in artificial intelligence
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For artificial intelligence to take hold in Southeast Asia, the region needs more defined business use cases, better data ecosystems,...
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How Filipino consumer businesses can boost performance
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Growth and profitability have slowed down for large consumer companies. To tap into rising consumer spending, they’ll need...
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ASEAN Insights: Regional trends
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The ASEAN desk of our Global Economics Intelligence service which tracks and reports key macroeconomic indicators for major Southeast...
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Seizing the automation opportunity in the Philippines
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Almost half of the activities that people are paid to do can be automated using currently available technologies. Filipino innovators...
Report - MGI Research
Harnessing automation for a future that works
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Automation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide, but it won’t arrive...
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Philippines: Broadband nation
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The Philippines can harvest the dividends of high-speed connectivity if private and public sector players join forces.
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Seeding growth in Philippine agriculture
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The Philippines has long been a major agricultural producer and is situated close to many future centers of demand. Yet, growth...
Report
Sustaining and accelerating the Philippines’ growth
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The Philippines has had impressive growth in recent years. Focusing on five crucial themes could help sustain and even accelerate...
Report
Weathering the storm: Asia–Pacific Banking Review 2016
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Our annual report finds an industry facing challenges to maintain its growth, but significant opportunities remain.
Commentary
Urban consumers to watch in Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia will see robust population growth across demographic groups where two-thirds of consumption growth to 2030 will...
Report
Philippines late to join digital banking, but change is coming
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Digital banking has been slow to arrive in the Philippines—slower, in fact, than almost anywhere in Asia—but a new...
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Paths to shared prosperity for the Philippine economy
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The Philippines, and other member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), have new avenues to transform...
Report - MGI Research
Three paths to sustained economic growth in Southeast Asia
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By capitalizing on three global trends, Southeast Asia could increase productivity and create billions in economic value by 2030....
Interview
The keys to succeeding in ASEAN
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In this interview and accompanying video, Michael Zink, Citi’s head of ASEAN and country officer for Singapore, says financial...
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Commentary
Big data analytics should be driven by business needs, not technology
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Big data analytics can deliver massive value, but too often companies let technology guide their efforts. Instead, decisions...
Article
The construction productivity imperative
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How to build megaprojects better.
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Implementing a citizen-centric approach to delivering government services
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When governments deliver services based on the needs of the people they serve, they can increase public satisfaction and reduce...
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