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MANILA - Social protection and human capital development will be among top priorities in the short to medium term under the upcoming Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). In his keynote speech at the kick-off ceremony of the 8th Annual Public Policy Conference (APPC) Tuesday, NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan recognized that inadequate policies for social protection and human capital development remained a challenge that contributed to the worsening of poverty in the past two years under the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. "The unprecedented scale of the health and economic crisis, coupled with policy response challenges, caused such an increase in our poverty incidence. Socioeconomic scarring in health and education -made worse by the poor's limited access to adequate healthcare as well as tools for remote learning- is expected to linger if it is not remedied. This is compounded by the po

Arsenio balisacanPhilippine institute for developmentDevelopment policy research monthNational economicDevelopment authorityPhilippine development planAnnual public policy conferenceSocioeconomic agendaPhilippine instituteDevelopment studiesManila social protection and human capital development will be among top priorities in the short to medium term under upcoming philippine plan pdp 2023 2028Ccording to the national economic and development authority neda in his keynote speech at kick off ceremony of 8th annual public policy conference appc tuesdayEda secretary arsenio balisacan recognized that inadequate policies for social protection and human capital development remaineda challenge contributed to the worsening of poverty in past two years under coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 pandemic quot unprecedented scale health economic crisisOupled with policy response challengesAused such an increase in our poverty incidence socioeconomic scarring health and education made worse by the poor 39s limited access to adequate healthcare as well tools for remote learning is expected linger if it not remedied this compounded vulnerability environmental shocks lack of social protection that can cushion impactUot said balisacan the upcoming pdp 2023 2028 to be crafted by neda will holistically identify strategies that seek address these inadequacies he added