| AUTHOR | Josef T. Yap |
| ORGANIZATION | UNDP |
| TYPE | Field Examples |
| DATE | 2009 |
| TOPIC | Economic crisis and recovery |
| LANGUAGE | English |
Sustainable economic development continues to be elusive for the Philippines. A wide spectrum of economic policies have been implemented during the past five decades. Yet the boom-bust cycle has remained a constant feature of the economy along with relatively high poverty incidence.