HIGH tax and electricity rates as well as rampant corruption make the country’s investment climate unattractive for business, according to the World Bank.

In its World Development Report 2005, the World Bank said the Philippines’ high tax and electricity rates and the rampant corruption are considered by top businessmen major constraints to growing a business.

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