Investing in infrastructure: Which areas is the government focusing on?
The government’s 2017-2022 Public Investment Program (PIP) contains a rolling list of priority programs and projects that it plans to implement until the end Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte’s term in 2022.
According to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), there about 4,490 infrastructure projects under the five-year program with a total investment requirement of P7.74 trillion.
As the graphic below shows, the government is focusing heavily on infrastructure related to transportation, which makes up more than half of the government’s total public investment program. — BusinessWorld Research