It is with pleasure that we share with you Stratbase ADR Institute’s November 2020 Occasional Paper. Entitled “The Social Amelioration Program in the Philippines: Lessons on Financial Inclusion and the Use of ICT,” this paper aims to explain how the distribution of SAP could have been made better if we have resorted to the use… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute Winston Churchill said an optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. Ten months into this lockdown, with among the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the region, and little to show in terms of long-term strategies and plans to… Read More

The coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis highlighted the crucial role of the business community in mitigating the impact of the community quarantine imposed in the Philippines since mid-March 2020. While this quarantine measure was intended to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, it led to severe repercussions on the economy as many businesses have been forced to shut… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute The continuing health crisis and the stringent community quarantine imposed in most parts of the country, especially in the National Capital Region, have disrupted the economic momentum the Philippines had been experiencing in the past years. Despite the signs of growth in the third quarter, the World Bank in… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the virus from Wuhan has brought a multifaceted array of issues to the fore of our national consciousness and discourse. Besides the issue of health, the scale and urgency of the crisis has highlighted the importance of cooperation between the private and public sectors, and, most importantly, the steep cost… Read More

The global security and geopolitical architecture play a big role on how China’s agenda utilizes strategic opportunities in spaces with the least likelihood for major deterrence and the most freedom to maximize their national interests. Uncertainties produced by the shifting balance of power as well as the impact of COVID-19 have created an opportunity for… Read More

Jaime Jimenez, Ph.D, Deputy Executive Director for Research, Stratbase ADR Institute In this time of pandemic, the proclivity of societal responses to mitigate the ravaging impact of the crisis is carried out on three fronts — government’s effort to control the spread of infection, the private sector’s sensible reaction of saving and protecting human capital,… Read More