Inclusive growth is the latest buzzword. We have heard many convoluted explanations of this elusive phenomenon. Most explanations eloquently describe the outcome but miss the origin of the problem.
The recent announcement of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) of various new transportation infrastructure projects is welcome news. These projects are designed to increase urban mass transport ridership to 2.2 million per day.
In trust: The social virtue and the creation of prosperity, Francis Fukuyama talks extensively on the social virtue, Trust issue, as it relates to economic development and the creation of prosperity. It is not common to encounter an examination of a social virtue as it relates to the prosperity of a nation …hence, this interest.
We need to put the rice price issue in proper perspective: Commercial rice price is within norm if it does not exceed double the palay price of last harvest season.
We hear it said quite often: “There is no money in farming.” This is the reason why very few young people will ever think about taking a course in agriculture. But is it really true that there is no money in farming?
