Research

Initial Questions to explore:

• Why is the Philippines poor?
• Has the Philippines always been poor? When (decade) did it begin?
• Factors that may contribute to why Philippines’ economy is not improving
• How do we define “wealth”? Who is the “poor”?
• How many OFWs/caregivers worldwide? Where? How much income/remittance? Pros and cons?
• Socio-economic traps: marginalization in the Philippines? Why are the rich becoming richer and poor, poorer?
• How corrupt is the Philippines?
• Globalization and its effects to Philippines’ poverty