Monsod: Inefficiency, not corruption scandal, caused slowdown

2026-02-01 - 21:46

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economy in the second half of last year should not have suffered even amid the sweeping investigation over the flood control mess had government officials not been inefficient, according to Solita “Winnie” Monsod, professor emeritus at the University of the Philippines School of Economics. She said the Marcos administration’s inquiry