Arangkada Philippines: Reform, Rebuild, Recover

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Arangkada Philippines Project began after the publication of “Arangkada Philippines 2010: A Business Perspective,” a voluminous policy book sponsored by the seven members Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC). Since then, Arangkada Philippines has established itself as a detailed source of policy documents with recommendations from the foreign investment community – with the support of Philippine business groups – for increased foreign investment and job creation in the Philippines.

This 2022 update of the Arangkada publication provides a general overview of the current state of the seven big winner sectors as well as a look at the progress in adopting recommended reforms more than a decade since Arangkada Philippines 2010. This publication does not intend to set forward a new catalogue of recommendations as these have been laid out in the sector-specific policy briefs released by the project since 2013. It also serves as a companion document to the discussion at the 11th Annual Arangkada Forum on December 6, 2022 with the theme Reform, Rebuild, Recover.

Together with the 2010 and 2017 publications, the policy briefs and their recommendations continue to guide the JFC in its continued efforts and activities to advocate for Arangkada – accelerated economic growth, accelerated job creation, accelerated domestic and foreign investment, accelerated
exports of goods and services, accelerated inclusiveness, accelerated building of infrastructure, accelerated remediation of the environment, and accelerated reduction of poverty for the Philippines.