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Date: Aug. 13, 2022, 11:33 p.m.
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Published by Philippine Institute for Development Studies(PIDS) on Aug. 13, 2022.
Requested from PIDS by J. Flores at 11:33 PM on
Aug. 13, 2022.
Purpose: Research/Thesis paper
Date of Coverage: 08/13/1974 - 08/13/1986
Tracking no: #PIDS-220260463015
Greetings! I would like to request for a data about the labor export policy enacted by former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. (1974-1986) to be used for research paper. We wanted to know the effects/impact of the policy, specifically on the Filipino migrant workers. Thank you.
August 31, 2022 Dear Ms. Miranda, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated August 13, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested for data on the following topic: • Labor export policy enacted by former President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. (1974-1986); and • Effects/Impacts of the policy, specifically on Filipino migrant workers. Response to your request While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, this Office does not produce the data and study you have requested. PIDS makes use of administrative data from other agencies for its research studies. However, you may want to get in touch directly with the Department of Labor and Employment (https://www.dole.gov.ph/) to request the data that you need. Also, you may want to look at the following PIDS publications related to the data that you are requesting: • PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2018-02: A Probe into the Filipino Migration Culture: What Is There to Learn for Policy Intervention? (https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/pidsdps1802.pdf); • Economic Issue of the Day Vol. XV No. 2: Mutual Recognition Arrangements: Smoothing the Path for "Freer" Flow of Professional Workers in the ASEAN (https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/pidseid1502.pdf); and • PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2015-12: Toward and Beyond APEC Summit 2015: Key Issues and Challenges of Professional Service Mobility (https://pidswebs.pids.gov.ph/CDN/PUBLICATIONS/pidsdps1512.pdf). Kindly check other PIDS publications that are available on our website (link here: https://www.pids.gov.ph/publications). For further assistance, you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by writing to the Central Appeals and Review Committee through [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result, within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Please help us improve our service by answering this feedback form: https://forms.gle/tg4MxTnGz9zVUkgs8. Thank you. Respectfully, Novie Salcedo FOI Officer