Helping Filipinos find work in the countryside

Name: Helping Filipinos find work in the countryside
Uploaded: 2014-01-22T01:17:42Z
Duration: P509S
Description: Many Filipinos move into urban slums or leave their country in search of work. But to help lift his nation out of poverty, economist Antonio Meloto wants to turn its citizens into job generators rather than job seekers. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro profiles Meloto’s efforts to encourage businesses in rural areas.

Clip: 01/21/2014 | 8m 29s

Many Filipinos move into urban slums or leave their country in search of work. But to help lift his nation out of poverty, economist Antonio Meloto wants to turn its citizens into job generators rather than job seekers. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro profiles Meloto’s efforts to encourage businesses in rural areas.

Aired: 01/21/14

Rating: NR

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