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poverty but also to take advantage of the market opportunities and face the challenges arising from the ASEAN Economic …
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Globally, the rise of new and unexpected risks and shocks has impacted stable and poor societies alike, and some, especially the latter, have become increasingly dysfunctional. The Philippines is peculiarly challenged to build economic resilience as indicated by its high-risk exposure and...
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While the Philippines has a long history of trade liberalization efforts and market-oriented reforms, the country has to yet to see a genuine structural transformation. Recently, there are efforts to transform the manufacturing industry into a globally competitive industry supported by backward...
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One aspiration of the Agricultural Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) is the promotion of industry dispersal and rural industrialization. This involves a policy of structural transformation, which attempts to transition the economy from a low productivity sector, such as agriculture, to a high...
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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 … 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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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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Over the last decade, there was a significant drop in mortality and morbidity cases attributed to 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 problem in the...
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beneficiaries closer to reaching the poverty threshold because getting employed would provide additional income to the beneficiaries …
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