The country's inadequate infrastructure has been identified as a critical constraint to economic growth1. This inadequacy, in both quantity and quality, is the result of low levels of public and private sector investments in infrastructure, which fall short of the requirements of a progressive economy and a growing population. Moreover, inequitable access to basic infrastructure services has also become an obstacle to poverty reduction and, more generally, to inclusive growth because it limits the opportunities for economic and social advancement available to marginalized sectors.
To accelerate infrastructure development and offer equitable access to infrastructure services, the following objectives and strategies shall be pursued across all infrastructure subsectors:
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1 See ADB. Philippines: Critical Development Constraints, ADB Publications, December 2007, p.1-62 and C.F. Habito. An Agenda for High Inclusive Growth in the Philippines. ADB Publications 2010, p. 1-61.