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MAP Economic Briefing and General Membership Meeting
2024
February 21, 2024
(IN PHOTO, L-R) MAP President Rene D. Almendras, MAP Governance Committee Chair and Emcee Ida C. Tiongson, HSBC Economist for ASEAN Aris Dacanay, Brain Trust, Inc. (BTI) Chair and Q&A Moderator Cielito F. Habito, and KPMG R.G. Manabat & Co. Vice Chair, COO and Head...
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Metro Manila: The view from my Stanford fellowship
MAP Insights
February 20, 2024
AS PART of my fellowship with the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute, I had the rare opportunity to interact with Dr. Pamela Matson, an inter-disciplinary sustainability scientist and Dean of Stanford’s Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences from 2002-2017. This article focuses on what I learned from...
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Philippine political dynasties: Boon or bane?
MAPping the Future
February 19, 2024
For decades now, the Philippines has been, no doubt, under dynastic governance. Political dynasties have dominated the country’s political milieu in most of its regions since the 1960s. Ateneo de Manila University Dean Ronald Mendoza defines political dynasty as a situation wherein members of the...
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Managing the risks of AI use in business education
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February 13, 2024
In the Philippines, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has adopted an outcomes-based education approach with the primary goal of developing key competencies among college students. Because of its mandate to “promote relevant and quality higher education,” CHED calls on higher education institutions to produce...
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Slaying the Metro Manila traffic monster
MAPping the Future
February 12, 2024
The title of Manila having the worst traffic in the world, conferred by a global traffic monitoring firm, is affirmation of a known fact that has greatly cost the economy and damaged the welfare of the people. The solution to the severe bus transportation problem...
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Winds of war are intensifying
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February 6, 2024
The war in Ukraine is at a stalemate. Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russian invading forces has stalled due to delays in military transfers from the US and NATO because of budgetary and replenishment issues. Russia and Ukraine have depleted their war stockpiles and absorbed terrible losses...
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Relevant Leadership
MAPping the Future
January 30, 2024
I thank MAP for inviting me to share my thoughts on this topic of relevant leadership. Allow me to share some ideas, as well as some stories on how we at Ayala apply this interpretation of relevant leadership.    Right off the bat, let me...
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Relevant leadership for a progressive Philippines
MAPping the Future
January 23, 2024
A few years ago, I was invited by the big blue school in Katipunan to speak at the honors ceremony where the best and the brightest were being recognized. I decided to ask the honorees if success was their ultimate objective. The young, energetic and...
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