My Korean counterparts have spoken: Labor efficiency of Koreans > Chinese > Cambodians and Vietnamese. Bigger dropoff between Chinese and Cambodians/Vietnamese and if I were a betting man, I'd say Vietnamese are more efficient than Cambodians, but what do I know...
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Any insight on labor efficiency for Filipinos, and where they rank?
Not from them and I have never dealt with Filipinos in a manufacturing capacity (what we were talking about), only in design and in administrative. From what I know, I'd be that Filipinos are somewhere around Cambodians in terms of their labor efficiency.
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Makes sense - the manufacturing sector in the Philippines isn't as developed as that of its services industry.
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I'm reading this book called "How Asia Works" by Joe Studwell that attempts to explain why the Philippines is well behind Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. It talks a lot about land reform (or lack thereof) in PH and the corruption of the Arroyos, Aquinos, and others.
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That said, it's pretty clear to me that they excel in other areas. I have worked with multiple excellent Filipino designers, for example.
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