Boosting the labor-intensive manufacturing sector could hasten poverty alleviation and help achieve inclusive growth in the country, the top official of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said Monday.
According to PIDS president Josef Yap, the manufacturing sector creates more jobs for less-educated persons, who are found to have higher poverty incidence levels.
“A more dynamic manufacturing sector in the Philippines would have provided more higher-paying jobs to the less-educated workforce, thereby making poverty reduction faster,” Yap said during the launch of the 10th Development Policy Research Month.
The government is facing the challenge of attaining inclusive growth that generates massive employment and significantly reduces poverty.
Other reasons for non-inclusiveness and poverty include poor infrastructure, inequitable access to health and education, lagging performance of small and medium enterprises and weak institutions, Yap added.
The manufacturing sector has not benefited from intra-regional trade because the country is stuck in low-value added industries such as semiconductors and assembly-type activities, said Rafaelita Aldaba of PIDS.
However, she is optimistic that the country’s manufacturing sector can be revitalized, given its potential and the current macroeconomic stability which was lacking in the past.
She said the think tank is crafting an integrated manufacturing road map that will identify barriers and measures to develop local industries. –Ana G. Roa, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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against serious violations of
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
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Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
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Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
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July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
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First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
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