NEDA urges Congress to pass crucial bills

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00:00 The National Economic and Development Authority, or NEDA, urged Congress to pass crucial bills

00:04 as the 19th Congress resumed its second regular session. The legislative measures include the

00:10 bills on the Department of Water Resources, open access and data transmission, and the various

00:16 fiscal reforms that seek to strengthen tax administration and broaden the tax base. NEDA

00:22 is also supporting the passage of the Economy, Planning and the Development Bill, which aims

00:27 to institutionalize the agency into the Department of Economic Planning and Development to strengthen

00:33 the government's ability to formulate and coordinate medium and long-term economic

00:38 and development roadmaps.