Poverty - Matches

The quantitative restriction (QR) on rice will last until the end of 2004. The paper employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze t..

What may happen if the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, which puts a limit to the volume of rice imports entering the country, is removed by the..

The primary objective for the conduct of the assessment of the social sector is to provide the basis for setting the thematic priorities for the Phili..

The article reviews trends in population and poverty, compares population and development between the Philippines and Thailand over the last 40 years,..

The paper discusses critical land issues in the Philippines and assesses the integration of those issues in the national development agenda and povert..

This paper uses a CGE mircosimulation approach to analyze the effects of tariff reduction on poverty and income inequality. The approach relaxes the r..

For many years, the Philippines has neglected the issue of population growth, consequently finding itself now virtually alone among middle-income deve..

This paper examines the development of microfinance market from the household perspective as it relates to poverty alleviation. It employs poverty dec..

Is poverty incidence higher among families with a bigger family size? Is there a cause and effect in the relationship between family size and poverty ..

This paper examines the effects of the reduction in tariff rates in the Philippines from 1994 to 2000 on unemployment, distribution and poverty using ..

Who benefits from the tariff reforms launched by the Philippine government from 1994-2000? On the basis of the results of his simulation runs, the aut..

Few studies on microfinance have delved on its development from the household perspective as it relates to poverty alleviation. This Policy Notes focu..

For millions of Filipino families, poverty is something they have to live with every single day. Some have become resigned to such fate but many conti..

The book shows that the Philippines has achieved modest success in the area of poverty reduction and human development. Life expectancy has gone up, m..

One of the government’s major components in its poverty alleviation strategy is agrarian reform. While a number of reports have been published on th..