Published May 27, 2021, 6:32 PM
The United States and South Korea, two of the largest bilateral donors in the Philippines, have formed a partnership to pursue joint development projects to boost the country’s climate resilience and address ocean plastic pollution.
In a statement, the US Embassy in Manila said the partnership is a result of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on April 7, 2021 to explore potential collaboration in several sectors, including poverty reduction in rural areas, empowerment of women and girls, water resource management, community rehabilitation in Marawi, and climate resilience.