Educated Filipinos: The backbone of Phl economy

We have to realize that billions of US dollars annually are largely generated by three groups of professional Filipinos:

- Henry J. Schumacher

1. Overseas Filipino workers - there is hardly any country where we will not find them, as they provide professional services;

2. Filipino professionals working for the IT and Business Process Outsourcing industry; and

3. Filipino freelancers in the 'gig economy'.

At least these three groups deserve the full support of government and the private sector!!

Let me start with the question: Are there Gigs in the Philippines??? Of course!!! This is a major group already and will continue to grow fast.

The young and digitally adept Philippine freelance market encompasses around 4 million Filipinos!

The Philippines, with its large number of creatives (web and graphic designers, game developers, animation artists, etc.), IT and Tech people, would seem like an ideal setting for the gig economy to flourish despite the global anxiety created by Trump!