PH Southeast Asia’s economic laggard with slowing growth, worst inflation and unemployment—IBON

The Philippine’s economic performance is the poorest among its Southeast Asian neighbors.

News

Jobs crisis deepens as PH unemployment surges, becomes worst in the region—IBON

November 6, 2026

Poverty wages fail to keep up with PH inflation that’s highest in Southeast Asia

November 5, 2026

BSP should explain how their rate hikes aren’t making things worse – IBON

November 3, 2026

IBON scores Marcos admin’s performative support for farmers and fisherfolk

October 31, 2026

US-PH energy deals risk putting profits, foreign interests ahead of people—IBON

October 21, 2026

Stop power privatization, democratize the power sector—IBON

October 17, 2026

HOR’s 2027 GAB worsens already flawed NEP—IBON

October 13, 2026

Filipinos already squeezed by less jobs and high prices will be even worse off as Super El Niño hits—IBON

October 7, 2026

Features

KALINGA’s powerful sponsors have shown neither the political will to get the bill passed nor the ambition to make its promised relief adequate.

KALINGA: Relief too small for a crisis so big

October 23, 2026

After more than six decades of IMF-World Bank intervention, the question remains—who decides the country’s economic future?

How the IMF and World Bank remade the Philippine economy

October 20, 2026

Education gets the largest share in the 2027 budget, second year in a row since the Marcos Jr administration moderated its infrastructure priorities after the flood control scandal. We hear the same familiar pitch from government officials: education is their top priority. A claim easy to make but hard to prove. Looking past the bold […]

Education takes a backseat in the 2027 budget

October 16, 2026

Ayuda and the budget appropriations for it are rarely made with the Filipinos in crisis in mind.

There Are No AICS-idental Misappropriations

October 16, 2026

One of the most enduring legacies of IMF-World Bank impositions is not the debt that remains on the books, but the colonial mentality and dependence persisting long after debts have been repaid.

The IMF and World Bank no longer need to tell us what to do

October 14, 2026

The president’s balde response to what could be the strongest El Niño in 150 years raises serious questions about the Marcos administration’s preparedness.

Super El Niño

The government’s bucket solution

October 14, 2026

Resources

Apat na taon ni Marcos Jr: Ang Hindi Maikubling Krisis

July 29, 2026

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Controlling the Cure

June 30, 2026

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Birdtalk Briefing Paper

2026 Yearstarter: From frustration to action

February 24, 2026

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Nagsasapawang krisis, ang kawastuhan ng galit

February 3, 2026

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Urban Stories Ch2

January 7, 2026

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IBON on budget transparency

November 17, 2025

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Infographics

Low real wages, more expensive food (September 2026)

Infoposts

PH Critical Minerals: National strategy or US agenda?

Photoquotes

IBON Executive Director on low Php96 poverty line

Topics

Philippine Economy

International Relations

People Economics

Networks

Water for the People

Water for the People

Stop TRAIN Network

Stop TRAIN Network

Green Action Philippines

Green Action Philippines

AidWatch Philippines

AidWatch Philippines

Consumers International

Consumers International

AlterMidya Network

AlterMidya Network