and poverty. We find that wealth inequality reduces economic growth, but when we control for the fact that some …, while politically unconnected wealth inequality, income inequality, and initial poverty have no significant effect …A fundamental question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in …

The Philippines has set an ambitious goal of becoming a predominantly middle-class society free of poverty by 2040 … trajectory. Growing the middle class is more closely related to new wealth creation rather than typically associated themes such … as poverty reduction or redistribution. This background paper for the 2024 Philippine Institute for Development Studies …

The Philippines is generally winning its fight against poverty as the magnitude and incidence of poverty, income gap …, and severity of poverty have all decreased in 2018. Poverty decomposition analysis shows that both economic growth and … income redistribution factors have equally contributed to the declining poverty levels. However, the decline in poverty gap …