All publications: Philippines

Filipino domestic workers

Filipino domestic workers: Maximum demand, minimum protection: Project flyer

Domestic work is in high demand in the Philiippines and abroad. However, domestic workers are often at risk due to the nature of their work: in private homes, away from public scrutiny and invisible and hard to quantify.

Employment conditions in the Philippines

Globalization and changes in work and employment conditions in the Philippines

The Philippine government through successive administrations consistently complied with conditionalities arising from structural adjustment programmes of foreign creditors by mainly providing more incentives to foreign direct invesment

Labour standards

Core labor standards: Handbook

The handbook gives some basic information on international core labour standards (CLS), and looks at ways in which they can be incorporated into ADB activities.

Infrastructure for rural productivity

Philippines infrastructure for rural productivity enhancement: Tools for identifying rural infrastructure investment priorities

Infrastructure development supports agricultural growth upon which much poverty reduction efforts depend. Infrastructure also directly impacts on poverty through improved access to facilities good and services.