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

[KASAAC]

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hay wala na jud au lol

[tams7154]

Nope we are not way behind. According to wikipedia..our national economy is the 47th largest in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of over US$ 168.6 billion (nominal). We maybe behind China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and few other Asian countries but definitely not with the rest of Asia (37 countries). So there are still high hopes for us and I think we should focus on that..on what we can do for our country...

You can check these links for details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_GDP_(nominal)
Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[rts1980]

not yet palage ta kay nakalabaw pa ta sa uban.. pero ang progress sa atong growth, mura padong na ka stagnant labaw na sa ato lang economy daan gasamotan pa jud sa corruption...ang nindot unta kay sauna, at par ra ba ta sa singapore ug taiwan, karon nalabwan nata and vietnam is a good exampla kay before, labaw kaau ta sa vietnam, karon, nalabwan na ta.. if padayon inganai ato economy, basin malabwan na jud ta sa tanan asi country and mabehind nata sa tanan..

[people watcher]

Not really. The Philippines is really standing still despite the global financial crunch. For that, I do not think that we are way behind other countries. If we will look closely, we will realize that the Philippines is facing the challenge of global crisis eloquently. For if not, I do not think the world will begin noticing our economic achievements in the past which we are now utilizing.

Brain drain, I suppose, is just a claim of some critics of the administration. The government is sponsoring a job fair covering around 80,000 jobs, at the very least? Who says we are just sending workers abroad? That is not true. And the fact that we are having job fairs like this only meant we have sound employment opportunities here contrary to what others claim.

well, let's look farther back. after WW2 japan was struggling to find scraps, while the the phils was enjoying the friendship with the americans. not long after, japan became one of the most industrialized country in the world; the phils lagged behind. after the vietnam war, vietnam was devastated; the phils had the headstart. now, vietnam has gone far, the phils hardly crawls to anything resembling progress.

pinoys always thought that they have the edge over other asians, and yet the country lags behind.

[Hozenyan]

vietnam doesn't look so rosy now as it did a while ago...

as for the topic, when people still call us "the mexico of asia" you know we are lagging behind

(no offense to mexico of course)

[vergievergz]

not sooo far behind..but still behind...^_^

[rage963]

Its because of our attitude!!!

We rely everything to the government, that should not be the case.

we should always think on how we can help the government....

[bungot25]

advance man diha sa pilipinas ilabi na diha sa cebu karon..ang naka problema ang gobyerno ra gyud. Ug wala pa siguroy corruption, mo excel man gyud ta.

[legal_cd]

nope were so are so proud to be next to bangladesh... bangladesh is simply the poorest country in asia... so be proud coz we're 2nd.... philippines is so pathetic.. grabe kaU ways maka collect og tax.. grabe pud kaU ang corruption.

[peewee_toot]

naa ra mn jd na sa tao. if only we think of others first before ourselves...