The economic backdrop is resilient and construction activity high

Cebu Exchange, located in Cebu City’s IT Park, is Metro Cebu’s tallest office building and the Philippines’ largest single-building office development.

The Philippines recently signed a deal with the United States government for a technical assistance grant worth roughly $700,000 aimed at implementing an intelligent transportation system.

In the public imagination, the Philippines is both familiar and distant. Known for crystalline waters and paradisiacal seascapes, it has also suffered negative publicity during the controversial tenure of Rodrigo Duterte.

Impact investment - which aims to generate a beneficial social or environmental output, as well as financial returns - is on the rise throughout South-East Asia.