MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS), the government's think tank, has warned legislators that irrigation "has not been found to be effective" among programs classified as public goods. "This places in question the current plan to ramp up investment on irrigation, making it, by far, the largest single item for public spending on agriculture," said Dr. Roehlano Briones in a PIDS study presented before congressional staff members and agriculture officials earlier this week. "Such investment plans should be reviewed given that studies point to design flaws and other implementation problems in past irrigation proje...
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