Philippine Institute for Development Studies

January 11, 2022

Dear Ms. Tabuga,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated January 4, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested for data and documents on the following topics:
•	OFW deployment data by type, sex, country of destination 2018-2021; and
•	Recent Annual Reports

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, this Office does not produce the data set and documents you have requested. PIDS makes use of administrative data from other agencies for its research studies. However, you may want to get in touch directly with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration or POEA (https://poea.gov.ph) or the Philippine Statistics Authority (https://psa.gov.ph/) to request the data set and relevant reports that you need. 

Kindly check PIDS publications that are available on our website (link here: https://www.pids.gov.ph/publications).

For further assistance, you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by writing to the Central Appeals and Review Committee through nsalcedo@pids.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response,  and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result, within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. 

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
Novie Salcedo
FOI Officer