Productive Employment and Decent Work Through Entrepreneurship: A Situation Case Analysis in the Philippines

Abstract Entrepreneurs are the moving force of economic growth. Through entrepreneurship comes employment opportunities. From the Filipino youth to Filipino women and up to Filipino professional, there is always that profound intention to engage themselves in entrepreneurship not just to generate revenue but also to help in the upliftment of economic lives of the Filipinos. In this study adopted, situation analysis is adopted pointing up to the trends and challenges in entrepreneurship. Data were retrieved using data archival and data mining methods. Some of the highlights in the discussion will be illustrated using schemas. These schemas are in the form of table, graphs, and charts. And to amplify the data and information from secondary sources, focus group discussions (FGDs) done face-to-face and virtual were conducted among youth entrepreneurs, professional entrepreneurs, and women entrepreneurs. Responses from all the fifteen participants were coded manually and were clustered according to descriptive themes. Keywords: youth entrepreneurship; women entrepreneurship; professional entrepreneurshi