Philippines
Improving the Climate for Investment and Productivity
(Results presented during the Dissemination Workshop in 20 January 2005 at ADB Headquarters)
Background
Promoting the role of private sector in development is one of the three cross-cutting
strategic themes of ADB's Long-Term Strategic Framework. To pursue this strategic
theme, there is a need to analyze the various factors that make up the investment
climate in order to identify effective ways to deal with them. Those factors include
entry and exit, infrastructure, regulatory burden, governance and corruption,
labor market, etc. This technical assistance (TA) probes the constraints and impediments
to investment and productivity increases by conducting a firm-level survey, analyzing
the data, and drawing conclusions and recommendations toward improving the investment
climate.
The TA is undertaken with the cooperation of its counterpart in the World Bank
(the Development Research Group), which is carrying out the project in its member
countries in different parts of the world (in collaboration with the pertinent
regional multilateral development banks) including some Asian developing countries
(http://www.worldbank.org/research/facs).
Objective
The goal of the TA is to help improve the environment for investment and productivity
in Philippines, thereby fostering private sector development that contributes
to sustained poverty reduction. To achieve this goal, the TA will support the
conduct of a survey and analysis of business establishments to: (i) probe the
constraints to private investment and productivity growth; (ii) examine how
Philippines compares with other countries in terms of competitiveness and productivity;
and (iii) identify effective ways to deal with impediments to investment and
productivity growth. The results of the survey and analysis will provide policymakers
with suitable guidance on how to enhance the climate for investment and productivity,
thereby making Philippines catch up with the leaders in international competitiveness.
Scope
The TA has three principal components. First is the conduct of a large-scale
survey targeting around 800 manufacturing firms, stratified by sector and size, in
the following sectors: food and food processing, garments, textile, and electronics and electrical
equipments. The survey adopts a common core questionnaire also used in
several developing member countries to ensure cross-country comparability. The
core questionnaire is supplemented by questions of special interest and
concern to the Philippines. Second is the analysis of survey data, drawing of conclusions, and formulation of policy recommendations. Third is the dissemination of
the results of the study through conferences, seminars, workshops, and publications
on the website and in print for maximum publicity to all stakeholders and the
general public.
Areas of Survey Coverage
- National Capital Region
- Calabazon
- Metro Cebu
- Metro Davao
Outputs
Contact
For more information, you may contact the TA officer:
Ms. Dalisay Maligalig, Statistician
dmaligalig@adb.org
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