Do you think Philippines is so way behind other Asian countires?

[ian_1983]

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Contrary to what others are saying, I think that the Philippines is way ahead of other Asian countries especially if we are going to base the evaluation on how Asian countries fared before the financial crisis and now that it has devastated even the most powerful economies.

We can be considered as one of the most resilient nations, that has withstood the biggest blow of the storm. Our local economy has remained stable, despite of the losses in the export industry.

The problem with us Filipinos, is that majority of us are pessimistic in nature. Instead of being bullish and optimistic about our economy, many of us have turned into cynics that do not have any belief on the govt., that's why our perspective of our nation is bad.

I dont agree with you that we are way ahead of the other asean countries...and yes we are resilient its bcoz we are used to this kind of living; unlike our rich asean counterparts like Japan, Korea, Singapore..they are not used to this kinds of situation. BUT i do agree we are just so pessimistic in nature; but you can't blaimed the populace, contrary to what the govt has been saying about GDP, Economic Growth..blah..blah..blah...that has not been felt by the ordinary filipino.

[piggychan]

i think so...in terms sa atong economy...mura man ug d ta ka compete uy.... hala cge pag rally pa mu diha...samot gyud ta ani. bisan unsaon d gyud lagi na mo naog si tita glory..mao nga sa sunod nato ug vote...think sa ta mayo before write ila name.... sos kung magpa way pake ta...tanan ang mag antos di lang ikaw!

dont complain too much.. visit india... watch slumdog...
youll understand at least be thankful...

grabe lang gyud ang corruption sa pinas...

[please_pinangga]

no di man behind ang philippines.....unsa man nga category gud nga moingon man nga behind ang philippines!.....sa pinakakurakot sa asia, behind d.i tah?......sa papobrehay, behind d.i tah?....sus, kalayo ra anang mga japan,china, ug unsa pa nang ubang nasod diri sa asia!......

[coolnezz]

public servants don't know how to manage the country and its people.
same with a ceo who doesn't know how to manage the company
end result, loss of revenue, bankruptcy.

[leonell]

we are way way way behind............. compare philippines with other asian countries year 80's........... and compare philippines with other countries now...........

walay hinay kau ang growth..........the gap of rich people and poor people....... way way far........
dghna kau un employed.....
low literacy rate........
high crime rate.....
TOOO MUUCCHH DEMOCRACYYYY........

Well what do you want? I think you're a supporter of Charter Change!
compare philippines with the rest of asia? The philippines is way better and you wanna know why? Observe other countries like know especially our SEA neighbors, what's happening to them? their economies are all down, more of their population are dragged down the poverty line and the worst is that some of these have already collapsed economies!

Now, try to look at our own economy. Yes I'll agree that we're growing slowly but at least we are still able to grow unlike our neighbors their starting to decline instead of growing.