A Pulse Check is a survey that delivers data designed to inform key policy and reform processes. The Pulse Check x Philippines gathers local expert insights on how Australian decision makers should approach development cooperation in their country. It collects this data by placing 40+ top, local, non-government experts in the shoes of policymakers and challenging them to grapple with difficult trade-offs facing the Australian development program.
These experts answered five questions about the most critical trends and development priorities facing the Philippines, where Australia should focus its resources, and how it should engage as a development partner. They were asked to allocate 100 points across the categories provided for each question, prioritising the categories according to what they considered most and least important. In addition, we asked why they allocated their points in the way that they did. Participants who consented to be so are named, though their specific answers remain anonymised.
The Pulse Check x Philippines is part of a larger project which seeks the views of participants across nine ODA-eligible countries in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Thailand. Full analysis of all country results, including the qualitative findings, are available on a rolling basis via devintelligencelab.com.
While this project was developed alongside the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Office of Southeast Asia to ensure its relevance to policymakers, this is an independent process, and all research and analysis reflect participant views and Lab analysis.
