1.
The contemporary world

2.
GLOBAL CITY
· Primary node in the global economic network
· Country in demographic and economic transition
· Global influence
CRITERIA:
• Have varied over time and depending on the product;
• common features include a high degree of urban development,
• a large population, the presence of major multinational companies,
• a significant and globalized financial sector,
• well developed and internationally linked transportation infrastructure,
• local or national economic dominance,
• high quality educational and research institutions,
• and a globally influential output of ideas, innovations, or cultural
products.

3.
Philippines
(Manila
City)
 Manila, capital and chief city of the
Philippines. The city is the centre
of the country’s economic,
political, social, and cultural
activity.

4.
Is the Philippines
(Manila City) a
Global City?

5.
Is the Philippines
(Manila City) a
Global City?
Metro Manila qualifies to be a global city because it is the
world's most densely populated city, and continues to
grow at an exponential pace. It serves as the
headquarters to one of the fastest growing economies in
the world. Filipinos, especially residents of Manila, travel
all over the world as nurses, nannies, construction
workers, and sailors. They provide the mass labor fueling
the global service economy.

6.
Manila is considered to be a Global City and rated as an
Alpha-City by Globalization and World Cities Research
Network (GAWC). It was the first chartered city in the
country, designated as such by the Philippine Commission
Act 183 of July 31, 1901. Manila is considered to be part
of World’s original set of global cities because its
commercial networks were the first to extend across the
Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Spanish
Americas through the galleon trade; when this was
accomplished, it marked the first time in world history
that an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circling the
planet had been stablished.

7.
Philippines Form
of Government

8.
Philippines Form
of Government
 The Philippines is a republic with a presidential form
of government wherein power is equally divided among
its three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
 One basic corollary in a presidential system of
government is the principle of separation of powers
wherein legislation belongs to Congress, execution to
the Executive, and settlement of legal controversies to
the Judiciary.

9.
Philippines Form
of Government
• The Legislative branch is authorized to make laws,
alter, and repeal them through the power vested in the
Philippine Congress. This institution is divided into
the Senate and the House of Representatives.
• The Executive branch is composed of the President
and the Vice President who are elected by direct
popular vote and serve a term of six years. The
Constitution grants the President authority to appoint
his Cabinet. These departments form a large portion
of the country’s bureaucracy.

10.
Philippines Form
of Government
• The Judicial branch holds the power to settle controversies
involving rights that are legally demandable and enforceable.
This branch determines whether or not there has been a grave
abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction
on the part and instrumentality of the government. It is made up
of a Supreme Court and lower courts.
• The Constitution expressly grants the Supreme Court the power
of Judicial Review as the power to declare a treaty, international
or executive agreement, law, presidential decree, proclamation,
order, instruction, ordinance or regulation unconstitutional.

11.
Economic System in
the Philippines

12.
Economic System in
the Philippines
 The Philippines has a mixed economic system that includes
a variety of private freedom, combined with centralized
economic planning and government regulation. The
Philippines is a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) and the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN).

13.
• There are businesses that are owned privately and there
are some that are bounded by the government.
• The country (Philippines) is open to international trade
and is dominated by private businesses, but some
economic sectors are controlled by the government like
taxes, agriculture, health services, social security
system, etc..

14.
Philippines Source
of Revenue

15.
Philippines Source
of Revenue
 The Philippine government's main source of revenue are taxes, with
some non-tax revenue also being collected. To finance fiscal deficit
and debt, the Philippines relies on both domestic and external
sources.
 The Philippines' tax-to-GDP ratio was 17.8% in 2020, below the Asia
and Pacific (28) average of 19.1% by 1.3 percentage points. It was
also below the OECD average (33.5%) by 15.7 percentage points.
 Tax structure refers to the share of each tax in total tax revenues.
The highest share of tax revenues in the Philippines in 2020 was
derived from value added taxes / goods and services tax (21.1%). The
second-highest share of tax revenues in 2020 was derived from
corporate income tax (20.2%).

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