budget priorities
Under the knife: the 2024 health budget
September 8, 2023
FEATURE
The 2024 proposed health budget reflects the Marcos Jr administration’s utter neglect of public health.
National budget for 2024: A Budget Badly Made (Part 3)
August 25, 2023
FEATURES
The budget is only one of the wide range of policy measures the government has to spur growth, develop the economy, and improve the conditions of the people. The attention the public gives is well-deserved because the budget can do so much so quickly to achieve these.
National budget for 2024: A Budget Badly Made (Part 2)
August 25, 2023
FEATURES
Band-aids are not necessarily a bad thing. Social spending can be wielded to improve people’s conditions – which is important in itself even if not prioritized by the administration. But it can also be used to increase overall aggregate demand and stimulate the economy – which presumably even a narrow, growth-fixated mindset would appreciate.
National budget for 2024: A Budget Badly Made
August 25, 2023
FEATURES
Contrary to incredible “pro-poor” claims, the proposed 2024 national budget’s numbers tell a much different story about the administration’s priorities.
Marcos Jr administration’s 2024 budget priorities
August 18, 2023
The government’s budget has for years been biased for big-business infra, debt-servicing and military, while allocations for social services, agriculture and labor have been lacking. The Marcos Jr administration’s 2023 budget was no different – how about the proposed 2024 budget?
Smallest budget increase in 20 years
September 6, 2022
Despite a slowing economy that urgently needs stimulus for recovery, the proposed 2023 national budget gets the least increase in 20 years and mirrors the mispriorities of the Marcos Jr administration. The President and Vice President’s offices for instance get hefty increases as do infrastructure, debt servicing and defense. But crucial service-oriented areas such as […]
2023 Budget Cuts and Increases
September 6, 2022
Despite a slowing economy that urgently needs stimulus for recovery, the proposed 2023 national budget gets the least increase in 20 years and mirrors the mispriorities of the Marcos Jr administration. The President and Vice President’s offices for instance get hefty increases as do infrastructure, debt servicing and defense. But crucial service-oriented areas such as […]
Lower labor budget despite new agency
September 6, 2022
Despite a slowing economy that urgently needs stimulus for recovery, the proposed 2023 national budget gets the least increase in 20 years and mirrors the mispriorities of the Marcos Jr administration. The President and Vice President’s offices for instance get hefty increases as do infrastructure, debt servicing and defense. But crucial service-oriented areas such as […]
Oil price rollback not enough for Filipinos to recover income losses
March 23, 2022
NEWS
The Duterte administration’s belated move to raise cash aid to Php500 per month does little to help millions of poor and vulnerable Filipino households recover lost incomes and cope with rising prices.
