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[Title] => WB to lend $250M to RP
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The World Bank (WB) has committed to an annual budget support of at least $250 million for the Philippines provided the government could sustain its macroeconomic policy and reforms.
The initial commitment, however, came with a warning that while revenues from privatization have strengthened the government’s fiscal position, these non-recurring gains should not substitute for a steady and sustained tax collection.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
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[ArticleID] => 389286
[Title] => 2 cement firms agree to hold off price increases until June
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Two cement firms have agreed to hold off any price increase until June, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) disclosed yesterday.
In a press conference, DTI Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare Zenaida Cuison-Maglaya said two of the three major players in the cement industry, Holcim and LaFarge, have already committed to not increase their prices until after summer.
The remaining firm, Cemex, has yet to make a similar commitment. However, Maglaya said Cemex will likely follow the example of the other two after DTI has spoken to the company.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-13 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
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[ArticleID] => 388895
[Title] => WB urges more fiscal reforms
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More reforms and less scrimping is the best way forward for the Philippines, a World Bank (WB) official said Friday, urging the government to take further steps to boost its revenue base.
WB Philippine country director Joachim von Amsberg lauded the government’s fiscal management strategy over the last two years but said new revenue measures were needed to deliver more social services and the infrastructure required for higher economic growth.
President Arroyo stabilized the revenue base with the passage of key tax laws in 2004.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-11 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 388733
[Title] => RP growth will be sustained – GMA
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CEBU  President Arroyo vowed yesterday to make the country’s economic gains sustainable in the face of possible internal and external shocks.
Mrs. Arroyo made the commitment before the international donor community, which voiced continued support for the country as well as concerns over weak areas in governance and fiscal management.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[ArticleID] => 388521
[Title] => WB: Investments in RP extraordinarily low
[Summary] => CEBU – The Philippine government must focus on raising investments and ensuring that the benefits of fiscal reform programs would lead to poverty reduction, World Bank country representative Joachim Von Amsberg said yesterday at the opening of the two-day Philippine Development Forum (PDF) at the Marco Polo Hotel here.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[ArticleID] => 387294
[Title] => WB wants RP fiscal reforms to benefit more people
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DAVAO CITY – World Bank Country Director for the Philippines Joachim Von Amsberg said the government is on the right track with its fiscal reforms.
However, Von Amsberg also said the "real problem now is how to translate these fiscal reforms into fiscal benefits for more people."
Von Amsberg arrived here yesterday for the fifth meeting of the Mindanao Working Group, an umbrella organization of the various international funding agencies that have initiated projects in the largest island of the Philippine archipelago.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-01 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 387152
[Title] => WB may add sweeteners to sale of TransCo assets
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The World Bank said yesterday that it is willing to add more sweeteners to the privatization of the government’s power transmission assets, including the possibility of providing guarantees and financing.
WB country director Joachim von Amsberg said discussions between the bank and Philippine authorities are still ongoing, focusing on the possibility of a risk-mitigation instrument that would guarantee the government’s contract with the winning concessionaire for the National Transmission Co (TransCo).
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-28 00:00:00
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[Title] => Human resources key to RP’s rapid eco development — WB
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The Philippines’ abundant supply of educated, English-speaking workers is the country’s ticket to rapid development, the World Bank (WB) said.
WB country director Joachim Von Amsberg said the Philippines can join the ranks of developed East Asian countries by developing its human resources.
According to Von Amsberg, the country has great assets and potential, citing that Filipino workers are strong in the electronics and business services industry.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-07 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
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[ArticleID] => 365580
[Title] => World Bank urged to take closer look at textbook scam
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The World Bank was urged to formally investigate the alleged fraudulent procurement of textbooks from the Vibal Group of Bidders under the bank’s Second Social Expenditure Management Project.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-28 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1096615
[AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
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[ArticleID] => 365399
[Title] => WB disputes textbook fraud claim
[Summary] =>
A World Bank (WB) official has disputed the claims of Sen. Panfilo Lacson and a lawyer linked with the political opposition that there was fraud in the multibillion contract for the publication of textbooks and manuals for the Department of Education (DepEd).
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-27 00:00:00
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