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‘The Philippine’s Crippling Development: Is Integration a Key?
Globalization has skyrocketed humanity into an age of modern and fast-paced
way of life that foresees to make things better, including accustomed integration
process taking advantage of one another’s resources. The world is starting to shrink as
we introduce an idea of a borderless states to accommodate trades, partnerships,
emigration, and such. These kinds of activities had led us to deal with the current trends
despite of unreadiness for an increasing pace of development—which then results to an
uncertain step towards the positive change we are seeking for. Since the Philippines is
a developing country, unforeseen circumstances with regards to political or economic
integration may come to surface as we deal with multiple issues that still remains
unsolved up to this day of age.
Economic partnerships may seem beneficial to one’s notion as it opens up more
opportunities, trades, relationships, and more that provides openness within countries to
further improve their economic status. However, it may be both diligent and dangerous
when left unchecked if one would take a keen eye to notice details that may result to a
detrimental effect. It is due to the fat that third world countries are mostly dependent on
global capitalization according to Frank (1966) dependency theory. This is why the
Philippines keeps on conjugating with much larger states as we become dependent on
other’s economic power.
Multiple countries to play their cards—with some ultimately being forced to take
drastic measures just to provide better opportunities among its constituents, which is the
citizens of our country. Most countries’ economic policies in place have a standardized
rules and strategies in moneymaking as its foundations; this excludes the Philippines.
Our national problems lies on the governments misleading steps with regards to
outsourcing assistance from others, and therefore limits the opportunities of its own
people just like what is happening to our ties with China as the country accommodates
Chinese merchants that are obviously found everywhere in the country instead of
providing jobs for our own people, most especially the poor. This had become prevalent
in the current administration that exacerbates the problems of our economy. With that,
the economy of our country keeps on drowning by larger countries’ economical overflow
as discussed by Dollar (2002).
On the other hand, political integration could also harm the Philippines as we do
not have the same stature as the others and therefore would create a powerless
political entity that would only benefit other members of the integrating group who is
more powerful and capable of dominating other’s political aspects. This could lead to
inadequacies which could paralyze the government to be an underdog of other’s rules
just like what happened to Hongkong as they were politically affiliated with China ever
since. This conquest of subjugation would then cripple the state, the economy, and the
freedom as it could detriment one’s vulnerability.
Firstly, withholding information about the country’s recession to the public is an
injustice to a government’s citizens—simply because they are the government’s
constituents. Secondly, failing to promptly respond to the needs of the citizens presents
an incompetency of a government; inaction only puts its citizens at greater risk for
problematic political state inside and outside the country. Thirdly, adopting measures
that big countries has implemented are already commonplace measures among
countries with political opression—it is not only limited to China, including variations
among countries (Juliana et al., 2020). Lastly, being subdue by others when it comes to
politics would probably not be a feasible option for a middle-income country like the
Philippines(Huang, 2020). Further, a crippling implementation of regulations, like the
current administration, would tank the Philippine economy: prohibiting different
economic sectors of our own from producing—in a scale as great countries did—would
most likely cause a sharp downward spike to the Philippine economy. Furthermore,
implementing an integrated-based decision for our own country would be difficult for the
resource-lacking Philippines. Furthermost, adopting measures like these would be non-
replicable for the Philippines; the amount of our resources simply cannot match the
measures that others have right now and what we need to do is to focus on our own,
deal with our country’s sovereign issues, and then the others will follow.
Despite the reasons of codependency and much of reliance, trade creation could
still widen the goods and services offered in our country as it aims to increase profits
and gross domestic products to stabilize the economy. Employment opportunities may
open as we know that most professions in our country are currently suffering to an
unreputable state due to unproportioned work pay despite of overworking as stated by
Dolvik (2008). Economic partnerships uplifts trade liberation and expansion or markets
that results to more investment and businesses that offers a higher pay.
In spite that, partnerships were still made to develop healthy relationships with
other states as we need to develop strong connections to allow more opportunities in
trading, commerce, jobs, and assistance. With that, it adheres the fact that we became
mutual where market transforms our focus and we become producers and consumers
of one another, enabling healthy competitions through the art of trade. Alongside wit
this, we could have broader selection of choices and an access to wide array of
knowledge and strategies that would also enable us to develop our own. Through
acquiring these knowledges, we could grow our country to be more and avoid the risk of
being drowned economically.
Duties and regulations with our commerce and industry system shall still be
respected to substantially arrange proper deployment of unified ideas regarding a
particular matter. Adoption of one country’s implementation can still coin integrated
movement of goods and factors among the member countries. This cooperation could
still lead into a harmonized monetary, industrial, exchange rate and other socio-
economic policy that would pave a way to a give and take continuum that advocates
honed and nurtured relationships between interstates.
Henceforth, there exists an imperative need to gain from positive policies that are
being implemented by our affiliates. It then gives us a backbone of support system in
order to accentuate our goals and practice our rights in the global state. Political
security would help us create sanctions that is formidable and enables us to attain a
higher degree of specialization in both production and progression.
Weighing up both sides of the argument, I could firmly say that the political and
economic integration that was done in the recent years has done catastrophic changes
for our citizens and our country. However, the economic status may have been
threatened, but the regeneration of our will to be better were not deteriorated. Our
government may have been overestimated negative impacts to the point that they
allowed things to happen in a bad way but these situations gave the humanity a choice
on how to carefully select the best leaders they could have to enforce solutions and
answers to our country’s issues. Afterall, the main purpose of integrations in any form
will still depend on how it is implemented which makes up the facticity of it.
Dollar, D. (2002). Global Economic Integration and Global Inequality | Conference –

2002 (Australia). https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2002/dollar.html
Dølvik, Jon. (2008). The Negotiated Nordic Labor Markets: From Bust to Boom. Center
for European Studies Working Paper Series #162. Reyrieved from
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bor_Markets_From_Bust_to_Boom
Frank, A. G. (1966). The development of underdevelopment. New England Free Press

Boston.

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‘The Philippine’s Crippling Development: Is Integration a Key?

Globalization has skyrocketed humanity into an age of modern and fast-paced

we introduce an idea of a borderless states to accommodate trades, partnerships,

despite of unreadiness for an increasing pace of development—which then results to an

a developing country, unforeseen circumstances with regards to political or economic

unsolved up to this day of age.

Economic partnerships may seem beneficial to one’s notion as it opens up more

Philippines keeps on conjugating with much larger states as we become dependent on

other’s economic power.

as discussed by Dollar (2002).

inadequacies which could paralyze the government to be an underdog of other’s rules

freedom as it could detriment one’s vulnerability.

Firstly, withholding information about the country’s recession to the public is an

injustice to a government’s citizens—simply because they are the government’s

Philippines(Huang, 2020). Further, a crippling implementation of regulations, like the

current administration, would tank the Philippine economy: prohibiting different

resource-lacking Philippines. Furthermost, adopting measures like these would be non-

unreputable state due to unproportioned work pay despite of overworking as stated by

other states as we need to develop strong connections to allow more opportunities in

being drowned economically.

respected to substantially arrange proper deployment of unified ideas regarding a

honed and nurtured relationships between interstates.

being implemented by our affiliates. It then gives us a backbone of support system in

higher degree of specialization in both production and progression.

Dollar, D. (2002). Global Economic Integration and Global Inequality | Conference –

for European Studies Working Paper Series #162. Reyrieved from

Frank, A. G. (1966). The development of underdevelopment. New England Free Press

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