IBON Foundation
Agriculture crisis under Duterte
Marso 29, 2022
As we observe the Global Day of the Landless, we take a look at how the Duterte administration totally neglected Philippine agriculture.
Our destructive foreign investment fetish
Marso 28, 2022
Is foreign direct investment the magic bullet for development that it is so often made out to be? Not really, if we look at the Philippine experience with unjaundiced eyes.
Oil price rollback not enough for Filipinos to recover income losses
Marso 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.
Jobs crisis worsened by fuel price hikes and measly ayuda
Marso 18, 2022
NEWS
The huge drop in the number of labor force participants and employed persons from December 2021 to January 2022 is concerning and underscores the country’s precarious jobs situation.
