Promotion of responsible large-scale mining industry alongside agriculture development will uplift the lives of 75 percent of the country’s poor, an economist at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) said.
Dr. Bernardo Villegas, vice president of the UA&P and co-founder of the Center for Research and Communications (CRC), said that large-scale mining industry is primed to develop the countryside and should be promoted alongside agriculture to help an estimated 21 million Filipinos who reside in remote and rural areas.
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