Water supply improvement among top prioritiesMANILA, Philippines — Improving water supply in the country is among the priorities of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as it ramps up lending to the Philippines under its current country operations business plan (COBP), its top officials said. So we will support water (supply development) for Metro Manila,” ADB president Takehiko Nakao said at yesterday’s roundtable with foreign correspondents and local media. Once completed, the project is expected to contribute to the greater stability of water supply in Metro Manila. In the Philippines we do not have a direct agriculture support but we have rural development support,” Nakao said. Revenue to GDP ratio is now picking up to support (projects).

Source: Philippine Star April 25, 2019 16:01 UTC