FRANCESCO PALTRINIERI
For the last few years, the Philippine economy has shown an incredible performance in terms of growth, exceeding 6 percent for the ninth consecutive quarter and averaging a 6.9-percent increase from a year earlier, as per the last GDP report by the Philippine Statistics Authority from November. It is clear that the country, as well as its Southeast Asian peers, is among the decade’s rising stars given predictions of growth from the World Bank that expects it to expand even more in the coming years.