DESPITE the government’s recognized efforts to improve it, the Philippines’ financial inclusion ranking dipped in the latest report of The Economist Group’s research arm.

In its “Global Microscope 2019” report, the group’s Economist Intelligence Unit said the Philippines scored 71 out of 100 — same as India’s — one notch lower than last year’s 72. This put the country in fifth place among the 55 economies reviewed.

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