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Economic headwinds coupled with super dangerous wars in the Middle East and beyond make future planning much more difficult.

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Because our government has never been good at thinking long term and planning for contingencies, every crisis brings about a flowering of populist knee jerk ideas that will make things worse.

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The Philippines will need to make more investments, encourage innovation and upgrade infrastructure to improve productivity and achieve its growth potential, according to the Department of Economy, Planning and Development.

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Realizing the difficulties in handling massive response to calamities similar to super typhoon Yolanda’s, the Biliran provincial government — in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Network, Office of the Civil Defense and local government units — conducted a series of seminar-workshops to prepare the people for the worst-case scenario.

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The Philippines will need to make more investments, encourage innovation and upgrade infrastructure to improve productivity and achieve its growth potential, according to the Department of Economy, Planning and Development.

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