Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes: The Transnational Labor Brokering of Filipino Workers

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Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank BBA Bagong Bayani Award CFO Commission on Filipinos Overseas CGFNS Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools DFA Department of Foreign Affairs DOLE Department of Labor and Employment FAME Federated Association of Manpower Exporters GPB Government Placement Branch MOFYA Model OFW Family of theYear Award MTPDP Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan NCLEX National Council Licensure Examination NGO nongovernmental organization NRCO National Reintegration Center for OFWs NSB National Seamen Board NSCB National Statistical Coordination Board OCW overseas contract worker OEDB Overseas Employment Development Board OFI overseas Filipino investor OFW overseas Filipino worker OPA overseas performing artist OWWA Overseas Workers Welfare Administration PDOS Pre-departure Orientation Seminar PEOS Preemployment Orientation Seminar POEA Philippine Overseas Employment Administration POLO Philippine Overseas Labor Office PRA Provincial Recruitment Activity xvii TESDA Technical Education and Skills Development Authority TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language TSE Test of Spoken English WIDF Women in Development Foundation Abbreviations xviii Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes ...