paper provides a perspective on population as it impacts the labor market and poverty. It then discusses issues of fertility … considerations in a country’s development strategy to promote rapid and sustained economic growth, full employment, poverty reduction …. Significantly reducing unemployment and poverty can be achieved not solely through job generation but also by managing the quantity …

children they may bear since the intensity of their poverty as measured by average income to poverty ratio and food consumption … program to succeed, it must be part of an anti poverty strategy. …

puzzle in the Philippines. On the one hand, a majority of Filipinos regard rapid population growth as an impediment to … issue are the negative externalities that sustained high fertility brings to bear on economic growth, the environment …, inequality and poverty. These externalities plus the fact that women, particularly in poor households, are having more children …

agriculture a key pillar in the country’s pursuit of inclusive growth, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. …

on the Philippines, it first notes marked disparities across its regions as reflected in economic and social indicators …

. -- Poverty ; economic growth ; global economic crisis ; Philippines …Anecdotal evidence permeates accounts on the impact of the global economic crisis (GEC) on Philippine poverty. This … crisis on the economy and poverty across population groups was nonetheless severe - and may linger for many years to come …

poverty reduction requires nothing less than rapid but sustained and inclusive growth. -- Human Development ; Philippines …The official poverty data fall short of properly informing public policy and governance concerning the progress, or … lack of it, in achieving the country's commitment of halving, between 1990 and 2015, the incidence of poverty and hunger …

-being, poverty reduction, human capital investment, saving, and regional development in the home country. Remittances appear to raise … of poverty. Analysis at the regional level shows that, ceteris paribus, remittances also appear to contribute importantly …