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About Mindanao’s 2020 growth
All Mindanao regions posted smaller declines than the 2020 national average economic growth rate. Then Bangsamoro Autonomous Region had the lowest at -1.9%. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) web link is quoted below this column to read more. We must note that GRDP reports reflect the growth of the previous year, not the current one.
Last week’s report by the NEDA was not a surprise given that Mindanao regions in recent years often perform better than the national average as I wrote in my column two years ago
(https://mb.com.ph/2019/04/30/is-the-probinsya-growing-faster/) after the government released its 2018 Gross Regional Domestic Growth Rate (GRDP) figure. In 2019 it was the Davao region that exceeded the country’s growth rate.