16  June 2017 - The government is working on a roadmap that will tie in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the country’s own medium to long term progress plans.

“The government aims to bring development planning to the next level by considering the interplay of economy, society, and environment,” National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Undersecretary Rosemarie G. Edillon said in a statement, adding that the planned roadmap “will enable the country to maximize the current economic momentum” prescribed under the AmBisyon Natin 2040 vision.

Launched last year, AmBisyon Natin 2040 is aimed at tripling Filipinos’ per capita income to $11,000 in 24 years’ time by sustaining at least 6.5-percent gross domestic product growth annually.

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