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The Power and Promise of SIAD

There is something extraordinary, mind-boggling, and even “impossible” going on in Zarraga, a 4th Class municipality in the Province of Iloilo, Western Visayas Region, Philippines. A world-class innovation is arising from the ashes of neglect, poverty, mismanagement, and widespread apathy. A new form of governance is beaming a brilliant light […]

Harnessing the Power of Solution Ecosystems through Self-Mastery

Several decades ago, Ronald Coase, a world-renowned economist, introduced the concept of “transaction cost” into economics. His profound research showed that human beings invented economic institutions in order to reduce the transaction cost of doing business. Low transaction cost made business more efficient and productive. Coase won the 1991 Nobel […]

Context: The Call for Inclusive Development

Since the end of the 20th century, tens of thousands across the Philippines have been hoping for a real development breakthrough. They have been fervently wishing that the country’s globally-recognized blueprint for sustainable development, Philippine Agenda 21, considered by the UN as a global best practice, would be earnestly implemented […]