Concentrating on housing markets like the Owner Driven Construction (ODC)] segment can lower down costs and magnify the multiplier impacts
"For [the Owner Driven Construction (ODC)] segment, the possession of a valuable asset like property provides both the security and the opportunity for these households to improve their plight given their limited purchasing power, as long as some form of direct assistance and support is given to them." ... continue reading
What Drives Workers to Go Abroad?
“What drives workers to go abroad is not absolute poverty or unemployment. The majority of the workers who go abroad have skills that are remunerated at levels three to ten times (even more in the case of seafarers) what they can earn here. In fact, the ones who become OFWs are not those ... continue reading
CRC offers Online Data Protection Officers Foundational and Certification Course
The Center for Research and Communication (CRC), pursuant to its accreditation as a highly-qualified, well-experienced, and trusted Institutional Privacy Trainer of the National Privacy Commission (NPC), will hold its online classes for the “Data Protection Officers Foundational and Certification Course” starting on January 15, 2022. The DPO Foundational and Certification Course is a five-day ... continue reading
Project UNESCO Creative Cities: CRCFI launches research on Stakeholder Cooperation
Underscoring social organization including firm centrality in effecting key changes in Philippine society, Center for Research and Communications Foundation, Inc. (CRCFI), the research arm of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) recently launched its latest research on stakeholder cooperation. Shifting value from “shareholder” to “stakeholder”—that is, greater attention expended to “social stakeholders” has ... continue reading
CRCFI earns National Privacy Commission’s Accreditation for Data Protection Officers Training-The-Trainers (T3) Program
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) awarded the Center for Research and Communication Foundation, Inc. (CRCFI) a Certificate of Accreditation. The certification recognizes the institution as a highly qualified, well-experienced, and trusted institutional Privacy Trainer under the Training-the-Trainers Program (T3P). Present in the awarding ceremony are Mr. Daniel Rodrigo D. Reyes, President, CRCFI; Mr. Cyrus Paolo Buenafe, Chair, ... continue reading
Bernardo M. Villegas: “We have to retrain a lot of these workers so that they can migrate to high value knowledge process outsourcing services.”
In the first International Investors Roadshow event of CRC, focusing on "The Philippines as a Top Emerging Market," Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas notes that the Philippines’ BPO-IT Sector is still very globally competitive, but now needs to train its workers so they can migrate to high value knowledge process outsourcing services. ... continue reading
How do you measure the economic risks associated with the climate crisis?
"How do you measure the economic risks associated with the climate crisis?" “Dr. Peter Lee U, CRC Consultant on Energy and Vice-Dean of Economics, University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) answers a question about measuring the economic risks associated with the climate ... continue reading
CRC Food and Agribusiness Consultant Dr. Rolando T. Dy, on various ways to make money from Coconut (Cocos nunifera) plantations in the Philippines
Dr. Rolando T. Dy, CRC Consultant on Food and Agribusiness, answers a question about the most cost effective ways to plant Coconut (Cocos nunifera) in the Philippines at the latest CRC International Food and Agribusiness Investors Roadshow earlier this year. “If you have a small plot of land, let's ... continue reading
Owner Driven Construction (ODC)] segment of the Philippine Market is projected to hit close to 3.3 million by 2022
Of the 5.62 million households comprising the unserved segment in 2018, a little over 55.0% or 3.1 million households are estimated to belong to the [Owner Driven Construction (ODC)] segment. Assuming a stable annual household population growth, the ODC segment is projected to hit close to 3.3 million by 2022. ... continue reading
