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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 … paper examines how we can improve our record on poverty reduction by looking at how we can generate greater demand for the … persistence of poverty in the Philippines. To promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty, the manufacturing sector has to be made …
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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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Over the last decade, there was a significant drop in mortality and morbidity cases attributed to tuberculosis (TB). The high TB Case Detection (CDR) and Treatment Success Rates (TSR) may have underpinned the decreasing prevalence. Despite these successes, TB still appears to be a major health...
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many facets of poverty. The 4Ps is by far the largest poverty reduction and social development program the Philippine … their immediate needs and aims to "break the intergenerational poverty cycle through investments in human capital". As …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268028
This paper explains the gaps between official objectives and the actual accomplishments of the Aquino government, with an emphasis on the implementation record of agricultural-based strategies. Summary of the lessons learned is provided.
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Concomitant to the analysis of poverty is the measurement of vulnerability. Estimates of household vulnerability to … income poverty are developed using a modified probit model that considers volatilities in income as being explained by some … household characteristics. Resulting vulnerability estimates are found to be higher than poverty rates, suggesting that policy …
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This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at … understand the relationships while accounting for the nature of growth. Moreover, the poverty elasticity of output growth was … estimated using regional-level data in 2003, 2006, and 2009. We learned that while the rate of growth matters a lot in poverty …
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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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overall context of poverty as the major development problem of the country. The concept of poverty as being multidimensional … is adopted in this study. Consequently, various indicators relating to the different dimensions of poverty are used to … gauge the performance of the country. The country's performance with regards to reducing the different dimensions of poverty …
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alleviating poverty. Recently, there has been a move to replicate the Bangladesh Grameen Bank in the Philippines known as Landless …
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