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Benchmarking Asean export drivers: How is PH faring?
MAPPING THE FUTURE Benchmarking Asean export drivers: How is PH faring? By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:56 AM March 06, 2017 Export is a vital cog of development. The country needs foreign exchange to fund imports from food to machinery to raw materials to oil. It has to pay foreign
Growing Agriculture to Reduce Poverty: The Simple Math
Opinion Growing agriculture to reduce poverty: The simple math 1 0 Google +0 0 M. A. P. Insights Rolando T. Dy Posted on February 21, 2017 The poverty incidence remained very high in the Philippines at 21.6% in 2015, down from 26.3% in 2010. The Duterte administration wants to bring this level to 14% by 2022. High rural poverty
Narratives from Agribusiness Experts
Narratives from agribusiness experts By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:12 AM February 13, 2017 There are agribusiness “heroes” in the country. Many succeeded solely by their own efforts, and helped others, too. Here are some of their stories. Mango Rolly is a veteran Chinoy trader (his full name withheld upon request). He has encyclopedic
Let’s Fix our Trade Statistics
Opinion Let’s fix our trade statistics 0 0 Google +0 0 M. A. P. Insights Rolando T. Dy Posted on January 24, 2017 There are many stories from the private sector about the unreliability of some export statistics. The latest was about the halving of banana exports in 2015 from 2014. Despite the drought, these numbers were not as
The ASEAN Race toward $250-M and $500-M Exports
Opinion The ASEAN race toward $250-M and $500-M exports 0 0 Google +0 0 M. A. P. Insights Rolando T. Dy Posted on January 17, 2017 The Philippines is far behind in the race for billion-dollar exports of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries. In 2014, the leaders were Thailand with 12 product exports and Vietnam with eight.
The Case of 2.4 million hectares of missing farmlands
The case of 2.4 million hectares of missing farmlands By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:07 AM January 09, 2017 In 2015, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the highlights of the much-awaited 2012 Census of Agriculture. The last census before that was made in 2002. The statistics are of importance to policy makers and
Sizing Up Economic Powers: China, EU, Russia and US
Sizing up economic powers: China, EU, Russia and US By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 12:44 AM January 02, 2017 President Duterte wants to shift foreign policy toward China and Russia, and away from the European Union (EU) and the United States, especially the latter. What will each country offer in terms of trade and
Going bananas and more
Going bananas and more By: Rolando T. Dy – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 02:11 AM December 05, 2016 Banana is the only crop in many decades that reached $1.14 billion in exports in 2014 and $963 million in 2013. In 2015, it dipped to about $900 million, contrary to the government statistics of $440 million. More of this