Election-related spending is seen to spur the country`s economic growth this year, according to the state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (òòò½´«Ã½). In its latest Development Research News, the institute reported that despite the global economic slowdown, the Philippines achieved an impressive full-year growth of 6.6 percent in 2012, the highest growth rate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Election activities to spur PH economy
Manila Times
Mayvelin U. Caraballo
