rich in natural resources but still poor

philipines is rich in natural resources but filipinos are poor. why? yes we are rich in natural resources but some of our resources are not managed well due to corrupt leaders. other reasons why we become poorer and poorer because of little work opportunities, overpopulation, lack of education and of course selfishness( some rich people are greedy for power and wealth and they tend to oppress poor people instead of helping them to prosper.)

Corrupt officials, system that slows that the progress of the country and lack of facilities to promote and explore more of our resources. I am not surprised about this anymore since we have been sitting for so long and doing nothing or should I say there was someone doing it already and is the only one who gains. If the case was just like this, then people would not be force to leave their country and work. Since there is no manpower needed and we lack local companies to generate jobs, most of us needs to go outside and work. If we do have the resources, do we have the knowledge and machines to work for that resources?

Hi meticulo! That's because we don't know how to properly use our resources! We continuously use our resources without thinking of the future generations. The government is always promoting the sustainable use of our resources but many are still exploiting it without much concern to its conservation and protection. And unfortunately, those who benefit from these are mostly the rich and those suffering are those needy. The rich has the capacity to fully utilize our resources whereas the needy lacks this capacity. So only a few gets richer and richer and many gets poorer and poorer.

I think it's because our natural resources are not managed effectively. Those who are supposed to manage them squander these resources instead and only use them for their personal gains, not for distribution to everyone. In the end, the rich become richer and the poor become poorer.

We are still poor because only those corrupt politician being benefited to those riches of our country... When a business man or investors reach the exploration the politician first get the deal and make money to them...instead the money going the government it will only go to the pocket of those politicians

Yes, Philippines is truly rich in natural resources. However, the officials managing these resources are the ones getting richer, not the people. We are rich in "buwayas" (crocoldiles) in the form of those corrupt officials.

I come from one of the riches state in Malaysia. The state produced many millionaires during the timber boom in the 70s. We were really rich in these natural resources. But due to mismanagement of the forest coupled with greedy politicians, the timbers were indiscriminately felled for quick bucks. Round logs were exported to foreign countries to be processed and in return the country import those processed logs at higher prices. The government should have processed these logs locally and earned much more. Over the years of felling logs, the forest are almost barren and we have lost this natural resources for good. We have no more logs to export or for downstream processing thus no revenue for the country. Due to the mistakes of the past governments we have now become the poorest state in Malaysia. I think the same thing happen in your country when the country is infested by greediness of people in power.

Because we don't know how to use it properly. It is like having a gazillion pen but not knowing how to write.

same like indonesia, phillipines is rich in natural resources.. but like my country, the management of natural resources is poor and low.. Many of Natural resources result go to another country and your country only get a lower percent... it`s really same like my country

Because other countries are using our natural resources since we don't have the money to use them and harness them into something useful.. And also, we are the ones filling our country with buildings and factories and cutting down and destroying our natural resources.

wrong usage and corrupt government officials....

How come? because we don't invest on how to harness this natural resources! We the filipino people fails to promote and use our own products. We always want things such as states side or items made from abroad. We don't buy products made in the philippines. The government is corrupt. Filipino's tend to pull down other Filipinos. and there is a lot more reasons.

coz Phils is also rich in breeding crabs c",)

Yes, I always here about this. Maybe those natural resources have potential to help our country but we dont know how to tapped those resources for our benefit. Sometimes the foreigners are the one who are more aggressive to invest in our natural resources. Also maybe, our resources are ill-managed. As I see the owners of vast lands became very rich while the farmers who work on it remains poor. The rich are the usual who benefit from it.