GIVEN the degree to which government debt has become a popular concern of late, the announcement by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) earlier this week that it had approved another $400-million loan to the Philippines was likely not well-received by many people. However, this is one instance in which government borrowing will truly be an investment that will return much more to the economy than it costs.

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