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Well the US never colonised the Philippines. It was a US territory. Spain colonised most of that country, then Phillipines would be have a much higher of Muslim, because by the time Spain discovered the Phillipines there was Muslim missionary activity in that region.
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Right now the Philippines has the 22nd fastest growing economy among all nations and ranks 4th among nations with 100 million or more people. With the young population that is fluent in English I could see a lot of rapid improvements in the common years. My company has an outsourced united there that is likely to see a lot of employment growth. I review their work and they do a very good job.
"United"??? And why does 100 million help their case? Rapid improvement in what? What work do you review? What does "do a very good job" mean?
The previous post never said anything about 100 million people helping. Read the post carefully.
And the good news is, the birthrate in the Philippines has slowed down and will be below the point of replacement (2.1) within a decade. Right now, the birth rate is 2.54 births per woman. In 1980, it was 5.18. It continues dropping. When it's below 2.1, the population will stop growing, unless there's immigration
I doubt so. Look at some countries like Somalia. Never colonised but still faring poorly. I think the Philippines would actually have done better if they were colonised by the British. They might be like Hong Kong.
Somalia was in fact colonized by the Italians and the British.
Filipinos online say that had the US never colonized them, they would become one of the richest countries in the world but because the US did colonize them, and never gave them their freedom, they are today one of the poorest countries in Asia and would probably remain this until the US ceases to exist.... is this true?
Depends--what exactly was the Philippines's average IQ going to be right now in this scenario? Because as Garett Jones writes in his 2015 book Hive Mind, average IQ is pretty important for determining a country's level of economic prosperity and economic potential.
I will say this, though--colonialism doesn't actually appear to have held back South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Meanwhile, Haiti still appears to be a hellhole in spite of colonialism ending there over 200 years ago.
Right now the Philippines has the 22nd fastest growing economy among all nations and ranks 4th among nations with 100 million or more people. With the young population that is fluent in English I could see a lot of rapid improvements in the common years. My company has an outsourced united there that is likely to see a lot of employment growth. I review their work and they do a very good job.
Originally Posted by goodman3
"United"??? And why does 100 million help their case? Rapid improvement in what? What work do you review? What does "do a very good job" mean?
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Originally Posted by manolopo
The previous post never said anything about 100 million people helping. Read the post carefully.
And the good news is, the birthrate in the Philippines has slowed down and will be below the point of replacement (2.1) within a decade. Right now, the birth rate is 2.54 births per woman. In 1980, it was 5.18. It continues dropping. When it's below 2.1, the population will stop growing, unless there's immigration
Maybe you should read the post better. The OP is technically saying that having 100 million must be a good thing otherwise why did he mention it.
Depends--what exactly was the Philippines's average IQ going to be right now in this scenario? Because as Garett Jones writes in his 2015 book Hive Mind, average IQ is pretty important for determining a country's level of economic prosperity and economic potential.
I will say this, though--colonialism doesn't actually appear to have held back South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Meanwhile, Haiti still appears to be a hellhole in spite of colonialism ending there over 200 years ago.
Maybe its a question of who the colonizers were. In the case of Haiti was it the French? And look at all the countries Spain went thru.
Originally Posted by goodman3
"United"??? And why does 100 million help their case? Rapid improvement in what? What work do you review? What does "do a very good job" mean?
Maybe you should read the post better. The OP is technically saying that having 100 million must be a good thing otherwise why did he mention it.
And the other questions still stand.
Are you slow?
The OP simply said that the Philippines had the 4th fastest-growing economy of countries with more than 100 million people. Nowhere does he/she suggest that having 100 million people is better. It's simply a population category used to measure countries with similar populations. It's to get a more apples to apples comparison, rather than comparing huge countries with small city-states.
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