THE Philippines continues to be confronted by a multitude of challenges and as a result still lags its regional peers, a former Cabinet official said.

"We have a lot of things that remain to be done," former Socioeconomic Planning secretary Cielito Habito told a forum at the University of the Philippines School of Economics on Monday.

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