A World Bank executive has recommended that the Philippines pay attention to the issues of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), intellectual property rights (IPRs), biofuels, and climate change to alleviate its poor. Dr. Derek Byerlee, representative of World Bank Philippines, citing the World Development Report (WDR) that shows failure of Third World governments to tap its agriculture potentials for growth, said these governments, including the Philippines, pay heed to these issues ”especially among the agricultural sector”.