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This study evaluates the impact of Microenterprise Development (MD) assistance on the labor supply, income, expenditure, savings, and capital investment of beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya, the Philippine government's conditional cash transfers (CCT) program. The assistance is provided by the...
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to address the many facets of poverty. The 4Ps is by far the largest poverty reduction and social development program the … to alleviate their immediate needs and aims to "break the intergenerational poverty cycle through investments in human …
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Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty. This … persistence of poverty in the Philippines. To promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty, the manufacturing sector has to be made … Philippines. Set against the backdrop of continuing economic integration in the region, it seems that the growth in the …
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This paper aims to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether the poor are benefiting from economic development. Using regression analysis, five factors were examined: (1) location of the household, (2) access to infrastructure, (3) changes in rice...
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Despite the remarkable economic performance of the Philippines in recent years, poverty remains a core policy issue …. And with a relatively young population, the poverty situation concerns largely children who are at the critical stages of … poverty through data collected from national surveys and administrative records of government agencies. The estimations show …
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While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic … growth has still not translated into reduction of poverty. This is in large part due to issues pertaining to distribution … processes. The study looks at trends in various statistics on poverty and income distribution, and then examines how disparities …
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-economic shocks, traumatizes CCT families, erodes social cohesion, and pushes them further into poverty. We conclude with …
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. However, the massive identification has led to the enrollment of more members than official poverty estimates, resulting in …
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The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program has been much maligned and dismissed as a "dole-out" program. Critics have focused on the fact that it provides cash grants directly to poor families, believing it would promote the culture of mendicancy and dependence. Others believe that the grants would...
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