Unpacking Duterte's Mixed Legacy on Economic Reforms

• Main Authors: Tuano, Philip Arnold P., Mendoza, Ronald U., Ballar, Kier Jesse, Mendoza, Gabrielle
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: build-build-build; Duterte administration; economic reform; TRAIN law; Economic Policy; Economics; Macroeconomics; Political Economy; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Economics; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/294; https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2024.2336863
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The Duterte administration (2016–2022) rode into office on the back of the previous governments’ economic reform momentum that, in 2013, eventually culminated in the country’s first ever investment grade rating since the 1986 EDSA revolution. This paper reviews the data and evidence on the economic...