The Philippines will be joining the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) after months of careful consideration, believing that the China-backed institution will augment and complement existing multilaterals in accelerating economic growth.

The Department of Finance on Wednesday announced that the government would be signing the AIIB Articles of Agreement (AOA) today, December 31, the last one among the bank’s Prospective Founding Members.

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