The Paradox of Arrival: Philippine Upper-Middle Income Reclassification and the Unfinished Structural Transformation

E. Annette Balaoing-Pelkmans
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E. Annette Balaoing-Pelkmans: School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman

No 202607, UP School of Economics Discussion Papers from University of the Philippines School of Economics

Keywords: Philippines; upper-middle income; structural transformation; OFW; industrial policy; middle-income trap; premature deindustrialization; Tatak Pinoy Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J24 O14 O25 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2026-07
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Published as UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2026-07, July 2026

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