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CRC Paper Highlights the Owner-Driven Construction (ODC) Segment as an Untapped Housing Sector Market

By |July 7th, 2021|CRC Communications, CRC Publications, Infrastructure and Industry, Research Findings, Trends|

CRC in Infrastructure and Industry -- The Philippine construction industry isn’t tapping a market which could be worth at least PhP 641 Billion, say CRC consultants Dr. Winston Conrad B. Padojinog and Erica Myra P. Yap in a study commissioned by Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter in 2020. According to the ... continue reading

Will the Philippines’ digital economy benefit from reforms encouraging Foreign Direct Investments?

By |July 1st, 2021|CRC Events, CRC Publications, Digital Sector, Economic Fora, Series of Economic Fora, Social Economics, Trends|

The Digital Economy -- What would happen to the Philippine’s digital sector if the Philippine constitution could be amended to encourage more Foreign Direct Investments?  Analytics, data science, e-commerce, and online services  may be some of the key growth industries that could fuel the Philippines’ post-pandemic economy, but they are all ultimately dependent on the ... continue reading

Policy Balance Would Help Philippine Small and Medium Enterprises Benefit from New Investments Arising from Constitutional Reforms — CRC President Daniel Rodrigo Reyes

By |June 21st, 2021|CRC Events, Economic Fora, Infrastructure and Industry, News, Series of Economic Fora, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

New Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) could greatly benefit Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) if policies are put in place to balance the influx of new players, asserted CRC President Daniel Rodrigo Reyes earlier this month at an event examining the constitutional reforms that have recently been proposed in the Philippine legislature. Mr Reyes gave the ... continue reading

Where to Begin Investing in Philippine Food & Agribusiness

By |June 1st, 2021|CRC Events, CRC International Investor Roadshows, Finance, Food and Agribusiness, News, Social Economics, Trends|

Pasig City – Where do you invest if you’re looking to invest in Philippine Agribusiness? Agribusiness advocate, columnist, and educator Dr. Rolando T. Dy – a consultant at the Center for Research and Communication – suggests investing in products with strong local demand, such as Rice and Coffee, among others; or in products like cavendish ... continue reading

VIDEO — CRC co-organizes forum on opening up the Philippine economy and its possible impacts on jobs and the labor sector

By |May 31st, 2021|CRC Events, Economic Fora, Infrastructure and Industry, Migration and Overseas Filipino Work, Series of Economic Fora, Trends, Webinars|

Ortigas, Pasig -- The Philippines' labor force has always been a vital driver of the country's economic successes. In the middle of the pandemic, how can the Philippines keep this sector on track? This was the topic last May 28, 2021 on Session 2 of the Economic Fora, entitled "Opening the Economy for Recovery: Impact ... continue reading

VIDEO — CRC holds its 2021 International Food and Agribusiness Investor Roadshow

By |May 21st, 2021|CRC Events, CRC International Investor Roadshows, Finance, Food and Agribusiness, Social Economics, Trends, Webinars|

PASIG CITY — In an age of rapid innovation, investments Philippine agribusiness represent a unique opportunity to hit two big birds with one stone: profit for enterprising new businesses, and the chance to help 650 million people in Southeast Asia achieve food security. “Making better use of our 14 million hectares” Eminent economist Bernardo Villegas ... continue reading

VIDEO — CRC hosts conversation on “Scaling Up the Philippine Agribusiness by Integrating Smallholder Farms” under its IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series

By |April 7th, 2021|CRC Events, CRC Publications, Food and Agribusiness, Ignite AsiaPacific, IGNITE AsiaPacific Discussion Series, News, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

PASIG CITY -- The small size of #farmholdings in the Philippines has always been cited as a key structural reason why Philippine #Agribusiness has struggled over the decades. But if there was a way to integrate the outputs of these farms, the resulting synergies would bring about economic success without abandoning the social justice gains ... continue reading

Villegas, on “What the Philippines has to do in the BPO-IT sector”

By |February 15th, 2021|CRC Events, CRC International Investor Roadshows, Digital Sector, Expertise, News, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

The Philippines isn’t going to lose its global advantage in the BPO-IT sector anytime soon, says eminent Filipino economist Bernardo M. Villegas. But the country now needs to train its workers, so they can migrate to high value knowledge process outsourcing services. At an open forum after the latest CRC International Investor Roadshow, Dr. Villegas ... continue reading

Villegas says co-operatives, smallholder consolidation schemes could be keys to efficient agricultural production

By |February 4th, 2021|CRC Events, CRC International Investor Roadshows, Food and Agribusiness, News, Research Findings, Social Economics, Trends, University News|

Pasig City -- If the Philippines wants its agricultural production to be efficient, then it needs to find more imaginative ways of helping the Philippines’ many small farmowners to work together, says eminent Filipino economist Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas in a recently released video from the Center for Research and Communication, where he answered audience ... continue reading

VIDEO — “The Philippine Economy as a Top Emerging Market” – A CRC International Investor Roadshow event

By |December 22nd, 2020|CRC Events, CRC International Investor Roadshows, Digital Sector, Energy Industry, Expertise, Finance, Food and Agribusiness, Infrastructure and Industry, News, Social Economics, Transportation and Logistics, Trends, University News|

Pasig City -- CRC has a special treat for its website and social media followers this 2020: we are glad to be able to formally release the video for “The Philippine Economy as a Top Emerging Market,” the CRC International Investor Roadshow event with eminent Philippine economist, Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas, held last December 11, ... continue reading