Rethinking Philippine Labour Export

• Main Author: Kaur, Arunajeet
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87913; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41725
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Philippines has a culture of politics-induced labour migration. It relies heavily on labour export and remittance money but that has resulted in many negative consequences for the country's economic and social development. Notwithstanding President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement on changin...