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Title:
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Upbeat Philippine Economic Forecast After Duterte Election
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Author:
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Ralph Jennings
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Source:
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Forbes
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Date:
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May 16, 2016
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Description:
- Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte campaigned largely on killing off crime in his Southeast Asian country. Just before he won the election May 9, he suggested direct talks with China over a maritime dispute that has dominated foreign policy since 2012. But in a country where a nearly a quarter of people live in poverty and more barely above it, Duterte’s long-term KPI will be how he manages the economy over six years in office.
