Philippines
The Philippines is navigating its rise to upper-middle-income status, and lasting progress depends on stronger public services, broader economic opportunity, and durable peace.
We work with government, civil society, businesses, researchers, and communities to strengthen public institutions, widen economic opportunity, improve learning, and support local problem-solvers. In the Philippines, we draw on more than 70 years of partnership and evidence-based reform to help communities and institutions turn ideas into action—opening new pathways to a more peaceful, resilient, and prosperous future.
Impact
National and local policy reforms supported
Locally led coalitions and policy entrepreneurship have contributed to reforms across education, governance, disaster resilience, women’s rights and opportunity, and economic development.
Individuals strengthened their cybersecurity awareness
Micro and small businesses, public institutions, and civil society organizations have built practical cybersecurity skills to participate more safely in the digital economy.
Civil society organizations strengthened
CSOs improved institutional capacity through training and grant support, strengthening service delivery and engagement in policy and community processes.
Bangsamoro women entrepreneurs strengthened
Women have expanded business, financial, and leadership skills to increase incomes, strengthen livelihoods, and contribute to lasting peace.
Bangsamoro municipalities have adopted their first forest land use plans
Representative planning in several municipalities has strengthened environmental governance while supporting peacebuilding and sustainable natural resource management.
FEATURED PROGRAM
Sustaining Peace Through Women’s Economic Strength
Featured Programs
Transforming Policy Through Locally Led Reform
To help reforms take hold in the Philippines, we work with local leaders to build coalitions that advance practical solutions to key public policy challenges.
Strengthening Education Systems for Better Learning
The Philippines is working to address one of the region’s most significant learning crises while modernizing education governance. Supported by the Australian government, the Realizing Efficient Governance and Streamlined Reforms in Education program supports the Philippine government in its efforts to address childhood reading and math deficiencies and improve the education system.
Strengthening Cybersecurity for Small Businesses
As more small enterprises adopt digital tools to grow their businesses and the nation’s economy, they are also encountering news risks and vulnerabilities. Supported by Google.org, the APAC Cybersecurity Fund helps micro, small, and medium enterprises strengthen cybersecurity awareness and practices while expanding the country’s future cyber workforce.
Featured Publication Series
Studies Linking Foundational Learning and Education Governance
This four-study series, supported by The Asia Foundation, EDCOM II, and the Australian Government, examines how governance, teacher development, and early childhood systems can work together to strengthen the foundations of learning, with particular attention to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where cultural and postconflict realities require context-sensitive approaches.
Latest Thinking
Navigating Policy Spaces: Civil Society and Policy Influence in Indonesia and the Philippines
Report
Securing Women’s Peace: A Political Economy Analysis of Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN, Cambodia, Lao PDR, and the Philippines
Thinking and Working Politically in Development: Coalitions for Change in the Philippines
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CONTACT US
The Asia Foundation in the Philippines
philippines.general@asiafoundation.org
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