The Philippines’ government has to change course on the pandemic and focus on helping the poor stay afloat.
![Residents receive free food at a 'community pantry'. The pantries have been popping up across the capital to help people cope during the government lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Quezon City, Philippines on April 29, 2021 [File: Aaron Favila/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AP_21119338459672.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Luis Abad is board chair of the Institute for Leadership, Empowerment, and Democracy (iLEAD), a policy think tank that focuses on public finance and g... ood governance. He is a former government worker.
The Philippines’ government has to change course on the pandemic and focus on helping the poor stay afloat.