# Philippines - Link: https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:16:09-04:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # Philippines An archipelago of 116.8 million where the World Bank committed $1 billion for energy and water security and $600 million for 21 million students in 2026. * **116.8m**Citizens, 2025 * **$1B**Energy and water reform loan, 2026 * **21m**Students in a new learning programme [Enter the Design Studio](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-studio) [Read the Letter](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-letter) [The three mandates](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-mandates) You are entering ## The Perfect PhilippinesDesign Studio Where Filipinos and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in. [Mandates](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-mandates)[Assets](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-assets) [Perfect Capita](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-pc)[Capital](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-capital) [Enterprises](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-enterprises) [Voices](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/#bp-voices) Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a **Co-designer of Perfect Philippines**: one of a community of selfless people, at home and abroad, building a nation where every citizen has a decent life. [Become a Co-designer](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/contact@perfectnations.org?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Philippines&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) Design Studio · Work with Perfect Nations ## One mission. Three depths. Every mandate makes the same four moves for Philippines. What changes is how deep we go, and how far the work travels toward market. 1. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments and structures 1. Mandate 01 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. 3 hours 4. A private session for the people who decide. 5. a. **01**Identify the assetsThe five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Estimate Perfect CapitaCoverage of 9.1 and the Gap, explained. c. **03**Co-design the capital architectureThe instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**Launch the instrumentsThe path to market, outlined. 6. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?about=studio&country=Philippines) 8. Mandate 02 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. 3 days 11. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 12. a. **01**Identify the assetsThe ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Estimate Perfect CapitaEach of the seven standards costed in Filipino prices. c. **03**Co-design the capital architectureOne financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**Launch the instrumentsA term sheet and the partners to approach. 13. You leave withThe structure, drawn 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?about=studio&country=Philippines) 15. Mandate 03 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. End to end 18. Led personally by the President and CEO. 19. a. **01**Identify the assetsA full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Estimate Perfect CapitaPerfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**Co-design the capital architectureThe full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Launch the instrumentsTaken to investors and development partners, through to close. 20. You leave withA structure ready for market 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?about=commission&country=Philippines) For the Government of Philippines, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. Philippines in BloomNation Portrait · [The Gallery](https://perfectnations.org/gallery/) Perfect Nations™ · Letters to the NationsPhilippines ## Dear Philippines, A golden sun with eight rays for the eight provinces that first rose for freedom, and three stars for your islands. Your people send home more money than almost any nation’s, and the world’s banks lend to you on your reforms. “Your people carry the economy across every ocean. Now carry every Filipino child to a confident reader by ten.” Yours in design,**Preeti Sinha**President and CEO, Perfect Nations [Read the full letter](https://perfectnations.org/dear-philippines/) Dispatches ## Letters from the markets. Short analyses of the instruments and investments shaping Philippines, written for ministers, investors and citizens by Preeti Sinha and by Isabel Santos, Nation Steward of Philippines. [All dispatches](https://perfectnations.org/state-of-nations/) Perfect Nations™ · State of NationsForthcoming ### The first dispatch on Philippines is in preparation. Dispatches appear here as soon as they are published. Design Studio · Writings ## Write Perfect Philippines _into being._ An essay, an article or a true story of up to 1,500 words: your vision of Perfect Philippines and the economic solutions to achieve it. Original and unpublished, published with your name and your permission. [Submit your writing](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/contact@perfectnations.org?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Philippines&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Philippines%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) or email [contact@perfectnations.org](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/contact@perfectnations.org) Sovereign Assets ## Five assets no balance sheet counts. Each is owned today, earns today, and can lift Philippines closer to Perfect Capita. * 01 * ### The People * 116.8mCitizens, 2025 * 56 in every hundred live in towns and cities; the rest live on the land they farm and fish. * 02 * ### The Land * 42.7%Of land in farms and pasture * The land that feeds the nation, and the first place a citizen dividend can be earned. * 03 * ### The Forest * 24.8%Of land under forest * Standing forest holds the water, soil and carbon that the world will pay to keep. * 04 * ### The Water * 4,203 m³Renewable fresh water per person * Enough to supply every home, once it is stored, treated and piped. * 05 * ### The Power * 22.6%Of energy from renewables, 2021 * Sun, wind, water and biomass already carry part of the load; the rest is the opportunity. What each asset is worth, and how far it can carry Philippines toward Perfect Capita, is the question our research and our guests take up below. [Sovereign Assets](https://perfectnations.org/sovereign-assets/) Design Studio · Perfect Capita ## The Philippines wheel: held at 9.1 by education * **To set**Perfect CapitaThe yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Philippines in its own prices. * **To set**The price of Perfect PhilippinesPerfect Capita times the population: the national bill, each year. * **9.1**CoverageOut of 100, set by education, the standard Philippines provides least. * **91%**The GapOf Filipino children could not read a simple text by the end of primary school in 2019. **The Living Line**The poverty line measures income. The Living Line measures a life: food, water, shelter, energy, education, health and livelihood. Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards. Coverage scores each standard strictly out of 100, and a nation is held at its weakest: Philippines at 9.1, by education, with livelihood at 41.3 and water at 48.5 next. Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Philippines. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. [The strict measures](https://perfectnations.org/perfect-capita/#pq-measures) * Food**67.3%**Not food insecure; 32.7% are moderately or severely food insecure [FAO, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=PH) * Water**48.5%**Safely managed drinking water[WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS?locations=PH) * Shelter**62.2%**Safely managed sanitation[WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.SMSS.ZS?locations=PH) * Energy**64**64% cook with clean fuels and technology[World Bank, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS?locations=PH) * Education**9.1**9.1% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2019, dated[World Bank, 2019](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=PH) * Health**69**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~PHL) * Livelihood**41.3%**Above US$8.30 a day; 58.7% live below it[World Bank, 2023](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.UMIC?locations=PH) Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower- secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source. The Research · Capital Architecture ## The Philippines borrows on its reforms, and the world lends. Next, every child reading by ten. The record in figures * **$1.02B**Second Energy Transition and Climate Resilience DPL: $1 billion IBRD loan and a $20 million grant[World Bank, 2026](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/25/world-bank-group-backs-philippines-push-for-energy-and-water-security) * **$600M**Learning Upgrade Support and Decentralization (PLUS-D): Reading and mathematics for 21 million students[World Bank, 2026](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/04/03/world-bank-backs-better-learning-for-21-million-filipino-students) * **$268.6M**Accelerated Water and Sanitation Project: Of which $250.9 million from the World Bank[World Bank, 2026](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/07/31/wbg-support-to-help-philippines-expand-resilient-water-and-sanitation-services) The register * MultilateralActiveSecond Energy Transition and Climate Resilience DPLApproved June 2026 · Development policy loan$1.02B * $1 billion IBRD loan and a $20 million grant * Backs reforms for energy security, water security and resilience. * World Bank * [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/25/world-bank-group-backs-philippines-push-for-energy-and-water-security) * MultilateralActiveLearning Upgrade Support and Decentralization (PLUS-D)Approved April 2026 · Investment project financing$600M * Reading and mathematics for 21 million students * Raises foundational literacy and numeracy in public primary and lower-secondary schools. * World Bank * [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/04/03/world-bank-backs-better-learning-for-21-million-filipino-students) * MultilateralActiveAccelerated Water and Sanitation ProjectApproved 31 July 2026· Investment project financing$268.6M * Of which $250.9 million from the World Bank * Builds resilient water and sanitation on Bohol, Siargao and Jolo. * World Bank * [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/07/31/wbg-support-to-help-philippines-expand-resilient-water-and-sanitation-services) ### The Philippines Newswire [State of Nations](https://perfectnations.org/state-of-nations/) ![Isabel Santos, Nation Steward of Philippines](https://perfectnations.org/wp-content/ uploads/2026/10/isabel-santos-nation-steward-of-the-philippines-150x150.png) **Isabel Santos**Nation Steward of Philippines · SI ResearcherEvery change is sourced and reviewed before it is published. Last updated 30 October 2026 * 31 Jul 2026[**USD 268.6m for water and sanitation on Bohol, Siargao and Jolo**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/07/31/wbg-support-to-help-philippines-expand-resilient-water-and-sanitation-services) World Bank * 25 Jun 2026[**World Bank approves USD 1bn for energy and water security**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/25/world-bank-group-backs-philippines-push-for-energy-and-water-security) World Bank * 3 Apr 2026[**USD 600m to lift learning for 21 million students**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/04/03/world-bank-backs-better-learning-for-21-million-filipino-students) World Bank [Capital Architecture](https://perfectnations.org/capital-architecture/) Design Studio · Enterprises ## Already working in Philippines. [Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/contact@perfectnations.org?subject=An%20enterprise%20for%20Perfect%20Philippines) * In preparation * ### The enterprises building Perfect Philippines * The Stewards are verifying the companies and social enterprises already delivering the seven basic living standards in Philippines. Suggest one to include. * [Suggest an enterprise](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/philippines/contact@perfectnations.org?subject=An%20enterprise%20for%20Perfect%20Philippines) Design Studio · Voices of Philippines Launching soon ## The people already⏎ _building it._ The question every guest answers > “What does Philippines already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for > every citizen?” We are looking for the people with real stories from Philippines: the leaders who built something that works, and the keepers of local knowledge who know how their communities live, cope and thrive. [Nominate yourself](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?nation=philippines&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?nation=philippines&topic=guest) The Philippines Design Studio is open ## Design Perfect Philippines with us. Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us. Every message receives a personal reply. [Enter the Perfect Nations Design Studio](https://perfectnations.org/design-studio/) [Write to us](https://perfectnations.org/contact/?nation=philippines) [All 195 nations](https://perfectnations.org/blueprints/) Sources 1. World Bank, World Development Indicators: population 2025, urban share, agricultural and forest land, renewable fresh water per person and renewable energy share, read 30 October 2026. 2. Strict Perfect Capita inputs: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF water and sanitation, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and poverty lines, UNESCO completion and the WHO service coverage index (2023, via Our World in Data). 3. International Monetary Fund and World Bank press releases for each register line, as linked.