Philippine economy
IBON Research Head on need for real stimulus, not Cha-cha
February 22, 2021
14 Charts: What the Government Has Done to Our Pandemic Economy
February 10, 2021
The Philippines needs a much more ambitious COVID-19 economic response than the Duterte administration’s current business-as-usual approach.
CREATE’s three mistakes
February 7, 2021
From a development perspective, the fundamental problem is that CREATE asks the wrong question: what CIT will attract foreign investment? This puts us in a mindless race-to-the-bottom where our fiscal policy is defined by what corporations want rather than what national development and upholding social and economic rights demands.
Inequality in a time of pandemic: perspectives and proposals from the global South
February 5, 2021
The severity of inequality has never been starker during the pandemic. We need to break the barriers of social distancing and isolation to collectively call for urgent proposals, for after all, addressing inequality will start from social solidarity.
Worst unemployment ever
February 5, 2021
IBON Research Head on Charter Change
February 5, 2021
On economic decline and passage of CREATE bill
February 1, 2021
Amid soaring public debt, congressional bicameral conference committee passes revenue-losing Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill.
