IBON Foundation

IBON Foundation is a non-stock non-profit development organization. We have been serving the Filipino people through research and education since 1978. IBON seeks to promote an understanding of socioeconomics that serves the interests and aspirations of the Filipino people. We study the most urgent social, economic and political issues confronting Philippine society and the world.

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Faces of Informality – IBON Foundation

Informal workers are Filipinos trying to make a living any way they can. The informal economy is a varied set of odd activities, enterprises, and jobs. Workers here do not receive the mandated salaries and benefits that those in the

May 10, 2023

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NCR family living wage as of April 2023

Despite declining in April, the 6.6% headline inflation continues to eat away the unchanged minimum wage. Short-term solutions like removing consumption taxes and mandating wage hikes are urgently needed. Source link

May 9, 2023

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Minimum wage vs family living wage per region as of April 2023

The decline in headline inflation for April did little to close the gap between the minimum wage and the family living wage, especially across regions. Source link

May 9, 2023

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It’s all about US – IBON Foundation

The United States (US) got everything it wanted from Pres. Bongbong Marcos’s 4-day official visit, and made sure the Philippines didn’t ask for anything that the US doesn’t want to give. Marcos Jr got the American validation he wanted to

May 9, 2023

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Filipino workers productivity increasing but real wages falling — IBON – IBON Foundation

Research group IBON observed that labor productivity has been increasing while workers’ real wages are falling. The gains from growing productivity are not going to workers as higher wages but to the profits of corporations and the wealth of the

May 8, 2023

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The story of MRT-7 – IBON Foundation

The Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT 7) project was one of the hyped Infrastructure Flagship Projects (IFPs) under the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte. It is a Php77-billion unsolicited Public-Private Partnership (PPP) under the current control of the

May 7, 2023

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PH inflation highest in Southeast Asia

Philippine inflation is still among the worst in Southeast Asia despite easing in April. Inflation in the country will remain high unless the Marcos administration takes decisive steps to temper it. Read more: https://www.ibon.org/ph-inflation-among-the-highest-in…/ Source link

May 7, 2023

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US overseas military footprint – IBON Foundation

The United States has bilateral military agreements with 179 countries, 742 military bases in 82 countries and territories, and 171,736 active military personnel deployed in 177 countries and territories, aside from the 1.2 million stationed in the US itself.

May 7, 2023

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PH inflation among the highest in Southeast Asia—IBON – IBON Foundation

Research group IBON said that Philippine inflation is still among the worst in Southeast Asia despite easing in April. Inflation in the country will remain high, the group said, unless the Marcos administration takes decisive steps to temper it. The

May 7, 2023