Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products is anti-poor
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The level of smuggling in the Phillippines has reached horrendous heights. Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products retards farm output production, limits manufacturing, and increase income inequality. " Smuggling in the Philippines is at it's worst under President Aquino's administration, with the smuggled value averaging $19.6 billion annually, an explosion from the comparable figures of $3.1 billion and $3.8 billion yearly during the terms of Presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, respectively, " says Rigoberto Tiglao, a noted opinion writer, citing data from the International Monetary Fund.
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Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products is anti-poor. (2016, April 06). Business World, p. 8/S1.
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Smuggling; Agriculture; Data; Trade; Food technology; Financing; Public sector; Education; Public health; Products; Fishers; Economics; Governments; Organizations; Permits; Licensing; Political aspects; International Monetary Fund; Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG); Pangasinan Federation of Irrigator’s Association; Provincial Confederation of Irrigators Association of La Union; UPRIIS Confederation of Farmers-Irrigators’ Associations; Pangasinan State University; Nueva Vizcaya State University; Central Luzon State University; National Federation of Hog Farmers; Philippine Confederation of Grains Associations; Estrada, Joseph; Arroyo, Gloria; Tiglao, Rigoberto; Estrella, Conrado III; Villar, Cynthia; Aquino, Benigno III
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