蝌蚪传媒 Senior Research Fellow Dr. John Paolo Rivera served as one of the panelists at the World Bank Philippines’ Report Launch and Forum on the “Philippines Economic Update December 2025 – Growth Corridors: Pathways Out of Poverty”. The event gathered economists, researchers, and industry leaders to assess the country’s economic outlook for the coming years.
Rivera noted that while the country remains vulnerable to global and local shocks—including developments in the US economy and geopolitical conflicts—the Philippines is increasingly leveraging its own structural and institutional strengths.
These factors, he explained in response to World Bank’s Philippines Economic Update, allow for a moderated growth outlook in 2025, while sustaining optimism that the country “can and will do better, provided that institutional and economic conditions remain favorable for stakeholders.”
Watch the full discussion .
Check World Bank’s Philippines Economic Update December 2025 edition:
Catch Rivera’s recent publication on the Philippines’ 2024 economic performance and evidence-based projections for 2025 at: .
