Promises made, promises kept — and broken

BusinessWorld Online 27 Aug Philippines

IN PHILIPPINE POLITICS, presidential candidates promise abundance with ease. Governing, on the other hand, tests how much of that abundance can survive contact with fiscal arithmetic. The promises that matter most are therefore not campaign flourishes, but commitments made after a president-elect has seen the books, assembled a Cabinet, and begun to govern from inherited […]

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