Many of the Philippines’ public and private investments in infrastructure are typically concentrated in the country’s urban areas. While such investments have done well to raise urban citizens’ standards of living and to shore up sectors like the finance, business process outsourcing, and services industries, that same level of growth has yet to be realized in the Philippines’ rural communities. With a rural population that comprises 52.32 percent of the national population and an economy that draws heavily from rural activities like farming and fishing, it ... Continue Reading...