CREATIVITY IN THE PHILIPPINES !
J’aurais pu également citer les vélos de bambou, les pièges et nasses pour la pêche, la façon Pinoy de faire de la maçonnerie, le travail du bois et mille petites choses de la vie quotidienne. Bien évidemment, du fait d’un manque notoire d’éducation post scolaire, les créations et innovations du peuple philippin sont encore limitées. Creativity is slowly gaining ground, and has in fact pushed the Philippines up a global ranking of countries. The Philippines ranked 90th out of 142 in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s “Global Innovation Index 2013.” Though still at the bottom half of the rankings, the country inched up from ranking 95th out of 141 last year. It got a score of 31.2 of 100 points in the report, which WIPO said gauges “innovation capabilities and measurable results.” Of the three factors observed in the report, the Philippines performed best in terms of innovation efficiency, ranking 24th globally. It meanwhile ranked 77th in terms of innov...