UAE’s Filipina Domestic Workers & the ’90s Financial Crisis: A Story of Remittances & Financial Literacy (OFWJobs.org)
The late 1990s were a tumultuous time for many Asian economies. The Asian financial crisis, which began in Thailand in 1997, quickly spread throughout the region, causing currencies to plummet, businesses to collapse, and unemployment to soar. For the Philippines, a nation heavily reliant on remittances from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the crisis presented a









