From left: World Bank Vice President of the East Asia and Pacific Region Axel van Trotsenburg, Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan,  Cornell University Professor of Economics Ravi Kanbur, Global Economy and Development Program Senior Fellow and Deputy Director Homi Kharas, and The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Bureau Economics Editor Sudeep Reddy during the World Bank’s continue reading : Equal access to opportunities, crucial to poverty reduction in PH & East Asia – NEDA