Stretching Filipino “resilience” amidst a Pandemic-induced Recession with Market and Government Failures: Insights from Community Pantries and Online Barter
LUISITO C ABUEG |  ACADEMIC SUBMISSION
​​The Graduate Inequality Review, Volume II (July 2023)

Abstract:
The Philippines has had its own historical highs and lows of economic and health indicators during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic exposed various market failures, in which the government also had its own share of failure in addressing the problems created and mitigating the effects of the pandemic. A silver lining during the pandemic is the emergence of social and collective actions coming from individuals and groups. Led community efforts, community pantries and online barter trade are not new but the Philippine rendition provided it with a new brand and attention. However, authorities banking on the virtue of resilience and collaborative action may have caused underdelivery or neglect of its mandate and responsibility. Worse, it called these social actions, illegal and attributed unconfounded ideology beliefs. Finally, we acknowledge the tenets of these pandemic problems and social responses, and argue on some discussions on how to address inequality induced by the pandemic and socioeconomic agents.
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