GOVERNMENT economic managers said on Monday natural disasters can negate the country’s economic gains and even push back development, since most of the country’s 73 provinces are prone to natural calamities.
Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the Philippines is vulnerable to “geoclimatic shocks,” which stunt growth and slow down efforts to reduce poverty.
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