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1. Our economy’s average GDP growth rate for GMA’s term (2001-2006) was the LOWEST: |
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| China - 9.48% Cambodia - 9.23% Vietnam - 7.62% Laos - 6.43% |
Bangladesh - 5.75% Thailand - 5.07% Indonesia - 4.85% PHILIPPINES - 4.37% |
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2. Our country's average export growth rate for 2001-2006 was also the LOWEST: |
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China - 25.62% Laos - 18.98% Vietnam - 18.75% Cambodia - 17.75% |
Bangladesh - 13.92% Thailand - 13.52% Malaysia - 9.60% PHILIPPINES - 4.08% |
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3. The total amount of foreign direct investments into our country in 2001-2006 was the LOWEST: |
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Singapore - $73.50B Thailand - $34.70B Malaysia - $19.96B |
Indonesia - $14.32B Vietnam - $13.17B PHILIPPINES - $7.11B |
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4. Our country's gross domestic investment rate was the LOWEST in Asia in 2006: |
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| China - 44.90% Vietnam - 35.40% Thailand - 27.90% Bangladesh - 25.00% |
Indonesia - 24.60% Cambodia - 20.80% Malaysia - 20.00% PHILIPPINES - 14.80% |
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5. Compare the value of the peso and the Thai baht since 1999 when they were nearly equal: |
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$1 USD Baht-to-$1 USD Peso-to-$1 USD |
1999 37.81 39.09 |
2001 44.43 50.99 |
2003 41.50 54.20 |
2004 40.20 56.00 |
2005 40.20 55.10 |
2006 37.90 51.30 |
Apr 2007 32.40 47.50 |
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TINATALO PA TAYO NG VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, |
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