Global Filipino

• Today, the Philippine economy depends largely on incomes from jobs with global connections
• Migrant labor


  Filipinos leaving the country to work overseas
• In 2015, the number of Filipinos leaving the country to work overseas rose from 4,018 in 2010 to 6,092 in 2015, a 51-percent increase in the span of five years
• In 2016, there were 2.4 million Filipinos leaving and/or working outside of the country
• Filipinos sent back $25.8 billion in 2015, roughly 8.5 percent of the country's gross domestic product
• Filipinos really have very little choice but to accept this globalized state as a country and a people
• Globalization's impact has, admittedly, been uneven and often does not benefit most Filipinos
• The business process outsourcing(BPO) that the Philippines provides for foreign clients.
• The third source of national income is comprised of exports.
• The fourth largest source of income is tourism, which reached about $6.05 billion by the end of 2016.