Why Philippines is Underdevelop?

Philippines is a third world country. It is one of the poorest countries in Asia and even in the world. There are a lot of things that could be blame for the said poverty of the Philippines. A professor of mine introduced us with the five factors that either hamper or permit the Philippines' development.

These five factors are: historical background, geographic characteristics, economic situation, political set up and idiosyncrasies of political leaders. Our professor gave us an activity which is to think an example with each factor.

The colonization period of the country is what I think had the most influence with the development of ten Philippines. On the geographic characteristic, I think is the archipelagic characteristic of the country that hinder the development of all regions of the country. On the economic is the brain drain phenomenon that continues to happen. On political set up is the presence of political dynasties on the different regions of the country. And lastly, on the idiosyncrasies if political leaders is corruption.

Indeed, this theory is right. These five factors are really the reasons for the underdevelopment of the Philippines.