Can shaming stop corruption?
According to the writer, the Philippines should feel embarrassed to be third from the bottom among the ASEAN countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index or CPI, the most…
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Measuring the middle class
Whatever one’s intentions or expectations, a social science analysis of Philippine progress entails statistical measurement of social classes.
Poverty as defined by the poor
The government has an official opinion, presumably based on official criteria. All are entitled to their opinions, but it seems not many are publicly supporting the official side,…
Philippines’ stubborn poverty
The writer says money has lost so much value that many people don’t bother to count pesos in the hundreds anymore.