The Philippines' "doctors to the barrios" model shows how workforce shortages, intersected with governance, financing and system design, reveal why rural care remains fragile despite years of reforms.

The price of WiMax CPEs (customer premise equipment) must fall to a cost-effective level for operators before the masses in rural areas of the Philippines can access the wireless broadband standard.

For nearly all the pandemic, Marlen Zilmar woke up to the sound of roosters. Before the sun reached its fierce apogee, she would swing a makeshift watering can made of a perforated plastic bottle over ...

To the unknowing eye, water hyacinth plants are beautiful. The lovely lavender-colored flowers contrast with the bright green leaves, creating what one might assume is a pleasing sight. But in the ...

Analie, a 15-year old farm girl in the southern Philippine province of Cotabato, stopped going to school last year. The money her parents saved for her education was spent during the last planting ...

The central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has moved to boost banking services in rural regions by lifting restrictions on the number of branches small lenders are allowed to operate, while ...

Digital payment fintech Payoneer is helping working-age people in the Philippine countryside—many of them without a college degree, access to financial services, or transportation—secure gainful ...

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