Poverty - Matches
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The Filipino farm worker earns less than half what the average Filipino worker does. Worse, a farm worker produces only one-sixth the value of output ..
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The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to upgrade its IT systems to..
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) needs to improve the documentation and strengthen its information technology systems to furthe..
Press Releases
Many poor and even nonpoor households remain vulnerable despite efforts of the government to save Filipinos from the claws of poverty. To support thes..
Economic Issue of the Day
The government is considering increasing the number of beneficiaries under the conditional cash transfer or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program ..
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This paper contributes to the scant body of literature on inequalities among and within ethnic groups
in the Philippines by examining both the vertica..
Discussion Papers
The President’s drug war and the armed conflict in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) had little impact on the Philippine growth st..
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While the country’s business- process outsourcing (BPO) sector has been known to provide good jobs to millions of Filipinos, economists said rel..
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If the Philippines wants to eradicate poverty, it must post a GDP growth of at least 6 percent every year until 2040, according to a former dean of th..
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Due to its geographic location, the Philippines is vulnerable to disasters, such as tropical cyclones and storm surges. As such, the adoption of an ad..
Policy Notes
The Philippines has a long history of battle against poverty. Unfortunately, despite the government's various poverty reduction and social protection ..
Policy Notes
Having a harmonious relationship among the so-called BIMP-Eaga—or the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asean Growth Area&md..
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DALAWA sa bawat limang pamilyang Pilipino ang nanatili o bumaba sa hanay ng maralita sa loob ng tatlong taon. Ibig sabihin, hindi sila nakaa..
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One in every two children under five years of age suffers from stunting, or weighs low for their age, a study by state think tank Philippine Institute..
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