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A worker operates a tack welder next to a vehicle body at the Mitsubishi Motors Corp. manufacturing plant in Santa Rosa, Laguna, the Philippines, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. With the World Bank forecasting expansion of more than 6 percent for eight years until 2019 -- unparalleled in the nation's history -- the Philippines is mimicking gains seen in Malaysia and Thailand in the 1990s as they industrialized. Photographer: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg via Getty Images