By Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines
Public-private partnerships will retake the spotlight as the Duterte administration is hard-pressed to deliver more infrastructure projects by 2022, The Economist Intelligence Unit says.
Fewer Filipinos were considered poor as of end-2018, with latest government data showing 5.9 million citizens lifted out of poverty.
Inflation has picked up to 1.3 percent in November after a five-month slowdown in price increases.