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  • Philippines earns upper-middle income status despite persistent inequality

    Philippines earns upper-middle income status despite persistent inequality

    MANILA – The Philippines has been reclassified as an upper-middle income country after its gross national income (GNI) per capita surpassed the World Bank’s threshold for the category. In its latest income assessment released Wednesday, the World Bank said the country’s GNI per capita reached USD4,850, exceeding the USD4,636 benchmark for upper-middle income economies. For…