THE government remains optimistic about bringing down poverty to single-digit levels by 2028 even after lowering its economic growth targets. Slower growth often poses difficulties for poverty reduction, the Marcos administration acknowledged, but stressed that recent progress supported a decision to retain existing goals. “While we lowered our growth targets, we remain optimistic about reducing poverty rates to single-digit levels by 2028,” the updated Philippine Development Plan (PDP) released late Saturday states.    https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/08/18/business/top-business/philippines-aims-for-single-digit-poverty-by-2028-despite-growth-cuts/2169197 (ICE SINGAPORE)

Fonte notizia: The Manila Times, 18 August 2025