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LIST: The Marcos administration's 8-point economic agenda

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Chairs lie empty as a job fair draws to a close at a mall in mandaluyong on July 21, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/07/26/20220721-job-fair-mall-jc-25.jpg"/><figcaption>Chairs lie empty as a job fair draws to a close at a mall in mandaluyong on July 21, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - The cabinet economic cluster of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has released details of the Philippine Development Plan 2023 to 2028 which contains the government&#x27;s 8-point economic agenda.Here&#x27;s how the government plans to maintain robust economic growth, alleviate poverty and improve the lives of Filipinos in the next 6 years:<div>COMPREHENSIVE 8-POINT AGENDA</div>1. Protect purchasing power and mitigate socioeconomic scarring - Ensure food security - Reduce transport and logistics costs - Reduce energy cost to families2. Reduce vulnerability and mitigate scarring from the COVID-19 pandemic - Tackle health - Strengthen social protection - Address learning loss3. Ensure sound macroeconomic fundamentals - Enhance bureaucratic efficiency and sound fiscal management - Ensure a resilient and innovative financial sector4. Create more jobs - Promote trade and investments - Improve infrastructure - Achieve energy security5. Create quality jobs - Increase employability - Encourage R&amp;D and innovation - enhance the digital economy6. Create green jobs - Purse a green and blue economy - Establish livable and sustainable communities7. Uphold public order and safety, peace and security8. Ensure a level playing field - Strengthen market competition - Reduce barriers to entry and limits to entrepreneurship

Here's how the government plans to maintain robust economic growth, alleviate poverty and improve the lives of Filipinos in the next 6 years.