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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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Poverty simulations suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures implemented by the government to contain the …
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poverty by 2030. This paper examines the performance of the country in poverty reduction. It also examines the reasons for the … recommendations to accelerate the rate of poverty reduction. …
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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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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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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 …
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the Philippines are viewed from the 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 Philippines' performance with regards to …
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In 2006, poverty incidence in the Philippines went up by 3 percentage points from 2003, marking a reversal against the … downward trend in previous poverty estimates. This upward trend went against expectations after the Philippine economy … further add to the already difficult work of reducing poverty. The MDG deadline looms ahead and time is running out in the …
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The paper examines the performance of the Philippines with respect to the fight against poverty. It reviews the trends … in poverty using the various human development indicators. It also examines the changes in the policy environment over … the last 25 years. It identifies issues relating to programs, institutional arrangements and poverty measurement. …
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Risk is a daily reality especially among agricultural producers in developing countries, thus agricultural insurance is of interest to farmers, policymakers, insurance companies, and development finance institutions. From a survey data of 2,512 farmers, this paper sheds light on the possible...
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