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[B-SIDE Podcast] Turning the page: Big Bad Wolf book fair goes digital June 28, 2021 | 11:20 am In this episode of B-Side, Big Bad Wolf (BBW) founders Jacqueline Ng and Andrew Yap tell  BusinessWorld reporter Patricia B. Mirasol how two years of planning went out the window because of the pandemic.   The rising cost of logistics will leave a mark on the book industry, they said, and traditional booksellers will have to go beyond the printed page and embrace digital events, e-books, and audiobooks. Post-pandemic brick-and-mortar bookstores, they added, will have a community aspect. ...

[B-SIDE Podcast] The pandemic and Philippine debt  May 24, 2021 | 10:19 am The Philippine government went on a borrowing spree to support its pandemic response and make up for the plummeting revenues at the height of the coronavirus crisis. For 2020 alone, its gross borrowings — which does not include all the payments made during the period — hit P2.74 trillion, matching the P2.757 trillion debt incurred from 2017 to 2019.  In this B-Side episode, Alvin P. Ang, a professor at the economics department of the Ateneo de Manila University, speaks with  BusinessWorld reporter...

Companies might be spending on the wrong things when it comes to employee health. “We found that businesses were losing P100 billion annually due to poor employee health. That’s in spite of companies already spending roughly P150 billion taking care of their employees,” said Santiago J. Arnaiz, co-founder and chief operating officer of Project Fort, a health data consultancy.  In this B-Side episode, Mr. Arnaiz (formerly of  BusinessWorld) and Project Fort co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Erika M. Modina tell  BusinessWorld reporter Patricia B. Mirasol how ...

[B-SIDE Podcast] Art Fair Philippines: out of the car park and into the world of NFTs May 5, 2021 | 4:34 pm Art Fair Philippines (AFP) is moving out of The Link car park in Makati City for its 2021 edition: it’s going online and entering the world of crypto art and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). An NFT is a digital asset (a drawing, an image, a meme, an animated GIF, a video, even a tweet) and it uses the blockchain, the same technology behind bitcoin, to keep track of who owns the file. In March, a digital collage by an artist named Beeple fetched almost $70 million at a Christie’s auction,...

Economic growth can and should be inclusive, and the way to get there is to connect small businesses and individuals with the networks that drive the modern economy.  In this episode of B-Side, we’ll hear from Alison L. Eskesen, vice-president at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. Ms. Eskesen,  a seasoned international development executive with more than 20 years of experience at the intersection of development and finance, tells BusinessWorld reporter Patricia B. Mirasol how the Center advances sustainable, equitable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world.  �...