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PHL govt needs new tax mesures to support infra program: Former NEDA Chief

Gerardo Sicat

Source: SBS Filipino

A former top economist in the Philippines has given the Duterte government an unsolicited advice to impose new taxes to fund infrastructure projects. Image: Economist Gerardo Sicat at the inaugural Peace Address of the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA)


Gerardo Sicat, director-general of the National Economic Development  Authority from 1973-81 during martial law, said the government has been doing  many things right, but should remain cautious in enacting laws that compromise its economic goals like the recent contractualization law. He spoke to SBS Filipino on the side of his inaugural Peace Address of the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) in Sydney.


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