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Asia’s industries, primarily manufacturing, fueled phenomenal economic growth and poverty reduction in recent decades. But today many countries are looking to the service sector as an alternative.
AS commodity prices continue to spiral, poor households should consume less wheat-based foods and increase their consumption of more accessible grains like rice, according to economists from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). For Filipinos, this may mean consuming less pan de sal, a breakfast and merienda staple, to avoid being…
COUNTRIES with higher vaccination rates are likely to experience faster economic growth, according to economists from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In an Asian Development Blog, ADB Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department economist Irfan A. Qureshi and Senior Economist Matteo Lanzafame said since vaccinations began, their study revealed there…
THE number of food-insecure Filipinos expanded to 46.1 million in 2020, according to a joint report published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). he report titled “2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition,” indicated…