Service sector reforms urged to spur PH growth

By The Manila Times

Jan 29, 2019 12:25 am

The Philippines should work on opening the service sector if it wants to spur growth, a World Bank economist said on Monday.

Andrew Mason, the multilateral lender’s acting chief economist for East Asia and the Pacific, noted that countries in the region were opening up in terms of tariffs but lagging with respect to liberalizing services.

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