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Oversea Filipino Workers

Oversea Filipino Workers. There’s food and refreshments in the back. Feel free to partake. Statistics. An OFW is a Filipino who works overseas, most often to support their family back in the Philippines These jobs can be temporary in nature

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Oversea Filipino Workers

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  1. Oversea Filipino Workers There’s food and refreshments in the back. Feel free to partake.

  2. Statistics An OFW is a Filipino who works overseas, most often to support their family back in the Philippines These jobs can be temporary in nature There are an estimated 9 million Filipinos or about 10% of the Philippines population working abroad as OFW’s. 1.65 million of these are temporary jobs In 2009, $17.3 billion was sent back to the Philippines by overseas Filipinos, 13.5% of the Philippines Gross Domestic Product This makes the country the number one recipient in the world of remittance packages relative to its economy

  3. Top 10 Largest Filipino Populations United States: 3,416,840 Filipinos Saudi Arabia: 1,159,003 Malaysia: 900,000 UAE: 609,704 Canada: 436,190 (5th largest in the world) Japan: 350,972 Australia: 336,140 Qatar: 263, 980 Spain: 241,268 United Kingdom: 200,987

  4. Is this a good thing? Escaping an impoverished Society due to a dwindling economy (80% of the Philippine population earns less than two dollars per day. As a result, even jobs as caregivers, which get paid $150 dollars a day is seen ample.) "If you don’t earn at least 20,000 pesos per month you will steal something; water, electricity, cable …” explained a friend. We stopped at a random street corner and I waited in the car while he darted into a dodgy looking building. "Pawn interest," he said, as he got back behind the wheel. "I had to pawn my bracelet again this month."

  5. Is this a good thing? Leaving crippling corruption -Last year CNN referred to the Philippines as "the most corrupt country in the world.” -This may affect the optimism amongst the young generation and thus may result to them comitting in criminal acts and other sources of income

  6. Is this a good thing OFW’s pouring money INTO the economy thus expanding the economy -In August, cash remittances reached $13.733 billion, an improvement of 5.5 percent from the $13.021-billion remittance last year. This exceeds BSP’s five-percent expansion seen for the year.

  7. Is this a good thing? http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080524-138480/Measuring-the-OFW-advantage Improved Socioeconomic status and quality of life optimism Survey results : -Poverty among Ofs (aka. OFW) is only half that of NOFs (non-OFW’s). Only 27 percent of OFs, compared with 54 percent of NOFs, rate their families as poor Relative to the past, 28 percent of OFs said they gained and 39 said they lost, for an unfavorable ?gainers minus losers? score of -11. Among NOFs, however, only 17 percent said they gained, whereas 51 percent said they lost, for a dismal past trend score of -35. Conclusively , advantageous ?

  8. Potential Issues Families may get dependent on the remittances sent back home ($13.5 billion was sent back in 2009!) Another consequence of these remittance allowances are that it is artifically raising the value of the peso, making it hard for Filipino businesses to sell their goods (ie. It’s more expensive for Canadians to buy Filipino made products). This contributes to the high unemployment rate in the Philippines Little of the remittance money is being used to invest in the economy. Most is spent on basic needs Jobs tend to be temporary and jobs Canadians do not want (ie. Tim Hortons). This is a common perception among Canadians who think about OFWs Large concentration of certain types of degrees because it’s easier to immigrate or find a job overseas (ie. Nursing) This leads to a brain drain on the Philippine economy and in addition leaves a not very diversified economy Lastly, often skills may not be fully recognized without upgrading which cause Filipinos to settle for a lesser job

  9. Losing Educated People to Other Countries Brain drain is common to developing nations Developed nations attract the best talent in the world which only furthers their development. Why is Canada among one of the best countries in the world to live in? We have quality people working in every aspect of our country that are innovating and helping our country succeed. Our country thrives on immigration and attracting educated people A problem the Philippines faces is that everyone wants to leave so how can the Philippines ever improve

  10. Discussion Questions Are OFW’s making the Philippines better off or worse off? Perceptions among Canadians, what is the Canadian perception among OFW’s? Should they be considered a national hero of the Philippines? What is the OFW perception of Canadians? Do they like the opportunity they are given? How are they treated? How would we solve the brain drain issue? Why does the Middle East have the second largest concentration of Filipinos outside of the Philippines?

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