The government must raise an ad-ditional P1 trillion a year to fund public investment that will upgrade the Philippines to a status of high-income economy by 2040, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Tuesday.

The Philippines is presently a lower-middle income economy with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $4,125, using the World Bank Atlas method.

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