The delivery of key infrastructure projects and programs can lift the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) to around 7 percent in 2017, an economist said.

“Probably (GDP can increase by) 7 percent once again especially if the promised infrastructure programs are delivered,” Emilio Neri, chief economist at the Bank of Philippine Islands, said in an interview.

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