Pinoy seafarer deployment, remittance flow unaffected by global trade decline, says PIDS study

In the last three decades, international labor migration has helped shape the Philippine economy. It is considered an enduring feature of Philippine development.In their study titled Philippine International Labor Migration in the Past 30 Years: Trends and Prospects, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Senior Research Fellow Dr. Aniceto C. Orbeta, Jr. and Research Analyst Mr. Michael Ralph Abrigo said that the drivers and prospects both in the local economy and in the major destination countries will define the future of migration streams in the country.