Economic development in the Philippines has left a majority of our countrymen behind. Whatever small economic benefits there may have been in the last century have been felt only by a very select few. The country has not moved forward in innovation and production, and instead, has increasingly relied on importing almost everything and exporting Filipino workers. How can a country so blessed in natural resources be so lacking in production?

With the growing number of Gawad Kalinga communities, GKonomics seeks to develop innovative social and business enterprises that will tap and harness the resources available in GK communities in the Philippines and the vast global GK network. GKonomics aims to help make the Philippines a country of producers of world-class products and services without leaving the poor behind.