In the last twenty years, the Philippines has gained a good progress in poverty reduction. However, compared to other … Philippine population lives below the poverty line. With landless status, the poor depended largely on labor with its embedded …

Sustainable poverty reduction requires employment generating economic growth with an emphasis on the development of … human capital to empower the poor to participate in the growth process. Mobilising resources for poverty reduction … factors that have led to their extreme marginalisation and chronic poverty. As such, the poorest section of the people need a …