Philippines: Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth

Author/Editor:

Markus Rodlauer

Publication Date:

March 1, 2000

Summary:

This Occasional Paper discusses the policies behind the favorable economic performance of the Philippines during the 1990s, when it emerged from a long period of slow growth and economic imbalances and managed to escape the "Asian crisis" relatively unscathed. The Philippines recent experience suggests valuable lessons for emerging economies' efforts at crisis prevention and management, as well as for the country's own policy choices. This paper describes this experience, focusing on the elements behind the relatively strong performance as well as the remaining reform agenda.

Series:

Occasional Paper No. 2000/006

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

March 1, 2000

ISBN/ISSN:

9781557758613/0251-6365

Stock No:

S187EA0000000

Pages:

117

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