Exchange rate: 1.38 pesos = 1 baht (as of May, year 2556): 41 pesos = 1 us dollar.
Weaknesses/strengths: the Philippines
strong points: the world's 12th largest population (nearly 100 million people).
: General knowledge workers can communicate in English.
Weaknesses: too far too far from the ASEAN member countries. System, infrastructure and social welfare have not yet developed.