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The Industrial Revolution took some time to reach the Philippines in the 19th century, as the economy remained focused on agriculture and supporting the Spanish Empire. As ports became utilized for increased global shipping, some Filipinos grew wealthy as merchants or small industrialists. By the late 19th century, modern textile machinery was introduced in cities like Manila, increasing textile production for export. Paper production also emerged as an important industry. While industrialization improved efficiency and enabled manufacturing, particularly of electronics, it also led to higher standards of living in cities alongside continued poverty in rural areas as the Philippines transitioned from an agricultural to industrial economy.

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Introduction

The Industrial Revolution took some time to reach the Philippines in the 19th century, as the economy remained focused on agriculture and supporting the Spanish Empire. As ports became utilized for increased global shipping, some Filipinos grew wealthy as merchants or small industrialists. By the late 19th century, modern textile machinery was introduced in cities like Manila, increasing textile production for export. Paper production also emerged as an important industry. While industrialization improved efficiency and enabled manufacturing, particularly of electronics, it also led to higher standards of living in cities alongside continued poverty in rural areas as the Philippines transitioned from an agricultural to industrial economy.

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Introduction

The Industrial Revolution that started in Europe and North America at the beginning of
the 19th Century took some time to reach the Philippines. Throughout much of this period, the
Philippines remained rural with most of its economic output focused on farming and agricultural
products to support the Spanish Empire. However, as many ports in the Philippines became
utilized for the increased global shipping that was part of the Industrial Revolution, many
Filipinos of Spanish ancestry grew quite wealthy as merchants or small-scale industrialists.
By the latter half of the century, hydraulic looms and other modern textile implements
were introduced to certain areas of the Philippines, namely the larger cities such as Manila. This
resulted in an increase in the amount of textiles that were produced on the islands for export.
Paper production was also one of the main industries in the Philippines. The first paper mill was
built in 1825.
As with most nations, industrialization had a profound impact on the economy of the
Philippines and on its society as a whole. A poor, agricultural nation, the process of
industrialization enabled the Philippines to vastly improve the efficiency of its agricultural sector
while concurrently enabling the emergence of a manufacturing base specializing in high-
technology goods. The Philippines is a major exporter of computers and computer components,
including integrated circuit boards, and of other electronic devices. For this historically poor
nation traditionally dependent upon agricultural exports, as well as upon the presence of the
since-closed U.S. military bases, which pumped billions of dollars into the Philippines economy,
the transition to such high-technology goods has had a major effect on the country's economy
and on its culture. With the emergence of a high-technology manufacturing sector, the Philippine
society has undergone a major transformation, with higher standards of living in major cities,
although poverty remains endemic in outlying islands that form the archipelago.
Here in the Philippines, the industrial is huge social and economic advances marked the
worldwide evolution from a conservative agricultural and commercial society to an experimental
industrial civilization. Manufacture of new mechanical innovations to ease the tasks of mankind
had replaced manual labor and conventional tools our ancestors had used long ago. The global
village competently accepted the countless innovations made like the electricity, automobiles and
telephones.
However, this phenomenal spread knowledge called Industrial revolution had not made a
rapid progress in the global market. Philippines gradually developed at a remarkably slow pace.
In 21st century, marked the paramount in the Philippines own “Industrial Revolution”, as
multilinear companies become more and more interested to invest in the Philippines in the field
of offshore outsourcing, particularly in the call center industry.
Philippines workforce has long been known worldwide for the efficiency it presents. In
2004, it reveals that Philippines ranks number one in Asia in terms of availability of skilled
workforce. Filipino workers are also efficient in speaking English. Also, labor in the Philippines
is priced markedly low, compared equally qualified employees from other countries.

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