Philippines: Toward Sustainable and Rapid Growth

Markus Rodlauer

No 2000/006, IMF Occasional Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: OP; Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; government; bank; Philippines; monetary policy; poverty incidence; shareholder right; trade liberalization; policy slippage; Commercial banks; Public sector; Demand for money; Exports; East Asia; Global; Middle East; Southeast Asia; Asia and Pacific; Europe; Baltics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 117
Date: 2000-03-01
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