jobs
The Real Deal With Unemployed Filipinos
March 11, 2019

Disguised Jobs Crisis
February 4, 2019
Download Briefing Paper here An excerpt from the IBON 2018 Yearend Birdtalk paper “Faltering Economy, Shell of A Democracy”: The socioeconomic conditions of the masses are not substantially or sustainably improving. A few gained from recent economic growth but not the people who need this the most. Domestic elites and foreign capital continue to profit […]

IBON replies to Presidential Spokesperson on employment situation
January 27, 2019
The Presidential Spokesperson recently said that IBON’s claim of weak annual job creation under the Duterte administration is “mathematically impossible”. There was also the insinuation of being “inept or just maliciously reckless to degrade the achievements of the President”. We are compelled to reply to help the administration come to terms with the reality of […]

On the Palace-contested 81,000 job generation figure
January 26, 2019
Worst Job Generation in Post-Marcos Period
January 24, 2019

Under Duterte, econ slowing and job creation the lowest since after Marcos–IBON
January 16, 2019
Research group IBON said that the economy is slowing under the Duterte administration and that its first two full years registered the lowest level of job creation among post-Marcos administrations. The group said that these obvious signs of the country’s troubled economy should be enough to make the government reconsider its overly market-driven policies. Budget […]
The Jobs Crisis Is Real – But Disguised
January 8, 2019
Job Generation Improving? Not Quite
January 7, 2019