Tag: Duterte administration

Inequality in a time of pandemic: perspectives and proposals from the global South

Pebrero 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

Pebrero 5, 2021

On economic decline and passage of CREATE bill

Pebrero 1, 2021

Amid soaring public debt, congressional bicameral conference committee passes revenue-losing Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill.

Expansionary fiscal stance more urgent than ever

Enero 28, 2021

The economy is not just hindered by quarantine restrictions. It is also stifled by the unprecedented loss of informal sector livelihoods and enterprise closures which has contracted household incomes, wiped out savings, and collapsed aggregate demand. These have to be directly addressed.

Crisis upon crisis: 2021 Yearstarter Birdtalk highlights

Enero 23, 2021

It is important that the government acknowledge the enormity of the public health and economic crisis. This is necessary for the vital shift in attitude from business-as-usual to undertaking urgent COVID-19 response and long-term reforms.

IBON debunks economic Cha-cha movers’ claims on FDI

Enero 19, 2021

Charter change proponents claim that removing economic protections against foreign investments is needed for economic recovery. But FDI liberalization will instead have long-term adverse impacts on national economic development.