Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) 2019

The Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) is celebrated every September to encourage the use of data and evidence in planning and policymaking among the country’s leaders and the public at large. It also aims to raise the public’s literacy on socioeconomic issues.

The DPRM is led by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, the country's foremost socioeconomic think tank, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 247 signed in 2002.

SOURCE: Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Lunchat with CSC: New Globalization

On August 22, 2019, PIDS Senior Research Fellow Dr. Michael Ralph Abrigo and PIDS Director for Research Information Dr. Sheila Siar talked about the upcoming Development Policy Research Month (September 2019) and its theme on "Navigating the New Globalization: Local Actions for Global Challenges" on Lunchat with CSC, an online talk show hosted by the Civil Service Commission.

SOURCE: Civil Service Commission Facebook Page

Globalization 4.0 | The Geopolitical Challenges

SOURCE: World Economic Forum

Globalization 4.0

Globalization is being redefined politically, economically and ecologically at a moment when advanced technologies have ushered in a Fourth Industrial Revolution at a speed and scale unparalleled in human history. How will this new phase of globalization transform international and regional cooperation?

SOURCE: World Economic Forum

What is Globalization 4.0?

Globalization 4.0 in the words of Prof. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of World Economic Forum, at the World Government Summit 2019.

SOURCE: World Government Summit

Globalization 4.0: Explaining the theme of WEF 2019

All roads lead to Davos in Switzerland for this year's World Economic Forum. The WEF draws thousands of world leaders and bright minds to ponder the world's most pressing problems. This year's theme is "Globalization 4.0 – Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution." So what does that mean?

SOURCE: CGTN