MANILA – The National Economic and Development Authority expressed support for regional cooperation initiatives that will reduce trade costs and further boost Philippine trade performance recorded in September 2017. In the report of NEDA-attached agency Philippine Statistics Authority, total merchandise trade grew by 2.8 percent year-on-year to USD13.1 billion in September 2017. Exports recorded its continue reading : NEDA BACKS REGIONAL COOPERATION TO BOOST PH TRADE
Ladies and gentlemen: The National Economic and Development Authority, or NEDA, is the premier development and socioeconomic planning agency of the Philippines. We are pleased to share with you the country’s strategic development framework provided in our Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022, which highlights infrastructure development acceleration as among its bedrock strategies for high and sustained continue reading : Remarks by Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia during the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2017 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
