The use of science and technology has proven to be a key ingredient to a country’s economic development, and the lack of it cannot be compensated for by additional labor and capital, one of the Philippines’ top scientists said.

The country needs a “technology-explicit” development agenda to increase its economic productivity and foster the government’s thrust for inclusive growth, said William Padolina, president of the National Academy of Science and Technology.

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