American private direct investment in the Philippines after independence

The Philippines has lagged behind East and Southeast Asian economic growth successes in the course of contemporary times. A historical perspective is presented to explain this lag. When the country entered the definite road to independence from American rule in 1934, it adopted a political Constitut...

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Published in:	Philippine Review of Economics Vol. 52, no. 2 (Dec. 2015), 22-37
Main Author:	Sicat, Gerardo P.
Resource Type:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Foreign investments > Government policy Economic development American investments