In the following years, the economy of the Philippines became increasingly dependent on labour export, and in 1978, recruiting agencies for labour export were privatised, making it a cornerstone of the Philippine national development strategy.
This trend of increasing labour export in the Philippines was to coincide with the economic rise of Hong Kong in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Since both cases broadly have a similar history of emigration as labour export, a detailed examination will be necessary to observe the differences, and a variety of variables will be considered for this purpose.
Abadan-Unat (2011), on the other hand, points to the 1960 coup in Turkey, the impact of Berlin Wall's construction in 1961 on the Western European labour market and the adoption of the 'First Five-Year Development Plan' by Turkey in 1963 and notes that, following the agreement with West Germany, Turkish emigration to Europe entered a new phase of 'state-controlled surplus labour export'.
From the point of view of the source region, migration represents a "labour export," and remittances are payment for that export.
Migrants from the countryside, the main source of labour for export-oriented industries and construction sites, have been the hardest hit so far.
Global export of labour and automation have made it so for increasing numbers.
Faced with a poor performing economy in the 1970s, the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos implemented the Labor Code of 1974, beginning the Philippines' export of labour in the form of overseas Filipino workers.
Some developments may, however, temper this phenomenon, such as the increasing participation of women and minority populations in the labour force and the export of labour.
Increasing overseas commercial investment, export of labour and foreign tourism have led to more international exchanges in this region, increasing the risk of imported dengue fever cases from endemic areas.
