BoI confident it will exceed P1.6-trillion investment goal
The Board of Investments (BoI) said it expects to breach the P1.6 trillion upper limit of its target range for investment approvals this year due to the volume of big-ticket infrastructure and renewable energy projects, at the Investment Policy Forum in the Philippines on Wednesday.
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