The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the Philippines must focus on improving public infrastructure to attract investment if it seriously seeks to step up economic growth and cut poverty more significantly.

The Philippines has been lagging its Asian peers in investment due to poor infrastructure, which has been traced to government underspending on such projects.

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