Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute Having access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food has always been a concern in the Philippines. However, the pandemic and the impact it has had on food supply chains has further heightened these food security concerns. For a reminder of this heightened state of concern, just look… Read More

There has been growing evidence that the best way to improve the management of public finances is through budget systems that are transparent, open to public engagement and scrutiny, and that have robust oversight institutions and mechanisms. Launched in 2006 by the International Budget Partnership, the Open Budget Survey (OBS) is the world’s only independent,… Read More

Dr. Jaime Jimenez, Deputy Executive Director for Research, Stratbase ADR Institute Six and half months into the health crisis, all economic sectors and ecosystems, the very fabric of our daily lives, have been affected adversely. Moving forward to a new normal arrangement, however, entails the crafting of a roadmap for economic recovery and, in particular,… Read More

Venice Isabelle Rañosa, Research Manager, Stratbase ADR Institute Numbers have many stories to tell. When data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) bared a 16.5% contraction in economic growth during the second quarter of 2020, which was the steepest fall in decades, the decline itself was nothing new. All the economies in the world also… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase ADR Institute At the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, President Duterte surprised the audience when he strongly upheld the 2016 arbitral ruling that nullified China’s “nine-dash-line” claim in the South China Sea. This happened amid growing public debate at home about the entry of the third telco player, which… Read More

Disrupting the food cycle and supply chains is one of the many aggravating problems that this pandemic has brought about to our society. With constrained mobility due to transport immobilization and limited people’s movement due to lockdown measures and fear of getting infected, the producer-market-consumer and production-consumption systems have been derailed significantly, if not stopped.… Read More

Paco A. Pangalangan, Executive Director, Stratbase ADR Institute Here are two things we can probably agree on. First, we need to attract more foreign investment in order to generate more jobs and improve our economy. Second, we also need better internet infrastructure, for many reasons, but chief among them is to allow more Filipinos to… Read More