Investment in human capital must be a sustained objective of the government to ensure that the deployment of Filipino workers abroad will continue to boost remittance inflows into the economy, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Wednesday.

But along with this, it noted that alternative sources of dollar inflow must also be strengthened, such as that from the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, to provide a buffer for the economy against external volatilities.

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