Country Information: Philippines : Home

• Contains articles from scholarly and trade journals, newspapers, and magazines as well as industry and company reports
• To find news about Philippines:
  • Enter Philippines in the search box and select GE Geographic Terms 

                       under Select a Field

• Select Newspaper or Periodical under Publication type
• Sort results by most recent.
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• Broad variety of news sources
• Select Switch Factiva at the top of the screen.
• Go to Search Builder expand the Region field and search for Philippines
• Add additional search criteria as desired and click Search
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• Use the dropdown menu to select Philippines.
• Offers basic information on history, government, military, economy, communications, transportation, demographics, and social conditions.
• Published by the US Central Intelligence Agency.

• Powerpoint presentation with sections on current events, political outlook, economic outlook, and demographic information.
• Scroll down to East Asia and Pacific and download the Philippines Country Report.
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globalEDGE

Created by the International Business Center and the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University (IBC), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. The link should take you to the Philippines report.

• Information on the business landscape, trade regulations, investment climate, and political & economic environment of 125 countries
• Designed for US companies seeking opportunities outside the United States.

• On the search page, look for the Markets tab.  
• Go to the Search for an industry or country profile search box and search for Philippines.
• Select Philippines and view the Philippines country/region profile.

• Go to OECD i-Library and click on Browse by Country.  This will help you retrieve other publications on the Philippines

• Contains economic time series data
• Datasets include International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments, and Government Finance Statistics
• For a quick search, click on Data by Country/Economy.  Select Philippines and click on GO.  Click on International Financial Statistics.  Use the tab to view Exchange Rates, Reserves, Interest Rates, etc. Change Date by using the drop down menu.  You can add and remove years and quarter by right clicking and making appropriate selections.

• Provides social and economic statistics for key indicators for each country as well as regions, including Southeast Asia
• Consists of several individual databases with some overlap in indicators; databases include:
  • World Development Indicators
  • Education Statistics
  • Gender Statistics
  • Poverty and Equity Database

• Includes economic and socio-demographic data
• Use the Advanced Search function to search for data across a range of UN databases

Bankgo Sentral NG Pilipinas

• The BSP monitors and compiles various statistical series on monetary, financial and external variables useful for the formulation and analysis of monetary, banking, credit and exchange policies.