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NEDA’s National Planning and Policy Staff head Scholastica D. Cororaton said the implementation of BOT and ODA-funded projects scheduled for 2005 would mitigate any possible slowdown in economic growth.


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Official documents showed that NEDA’s emerging estimates pointed to no change in the GDP growth rate from the 4.9 percent projected this year to another 4.9 percent next year.


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The proposed Philippine-Japan free trade agreement (FTA) can boost the export competitiveness of the Philippines since the bilateral agreement can be viewed as an extension of the overall ta-riff reduction program in the manufacturing sector.


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Projections for 2004 are even more optimistic with the GNP forecast to grow by 5.2 percent to six percent and the GDP by 4.8 percent to 5.8 percent.


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Computations show that reducing tariffs on imported products, which is one form of lessening regulation, "would lead to the best consequences and would result into a lesser negative impact on the whole," Caesar B. Cororaton, PIDS senior research fellow said in a report.


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NEDA urges fasttracking of ODA, BOT projects

By Ted P. Torres | April 29, 2005 - 12:00am

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is urging the immediate implementation of official development assistance (ODA) and build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects to boost economic growth in the near...

Business

NEDA sees 2-yr growth standstill

By Des Ferriols | July 27, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is expecting no growth acceleration in 2005 when the gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow slightly below the target rate of five percent. Official...

Business

Higher tariff cut in RP-Japan FTA seen to boost exports

February 12, 2004 - 12:00am

Higher tariff cut under proposed RP-Japan FTA to boost exports The proposed Philippine-Japan free trade agreement (FTA) can boost the export competitiveness of the Philippines since the bilateral agreement can be...

Business

NEDA sees 4.2-5.2% GDP growth in ’03

By Marianne V. Go | December 14, 2002 - 12:00am

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is projecting that the gross national product (GNP) will grow by 4.5 percent to 5.8 percent next year while the gross domestic product (GDP) will expand by 4.2...

Business

PIDS bats for tariff cut to lower prices of oil products

By Ted P. Torres | November 1, 2000 - 12:00am

One way of coping with increasing prices of oil products is by reducing import tariffs on crude oil and its refined by-products, according to a study made by the Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS). Computations...

Business