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Factors Motivating Participation of Persons with Disability in the Philippines: The Discount Privilege in Goods and Services
Tabuga, Aubrey D. - 2010
In urban Philippines, the percentage of persons with disability (PWDs) participating in various government and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421183
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Are We Winning the Fight against Poverty? An Assessment of the Poverty Situation in the Philippines
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; Reyes, Celia M.; … - 2010
In 2006, poverty incidence in the Philippines went up by 3 percentage points from 2003, marking a reversal against the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421186
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Chronic and Transient Poverty
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; Reyes, Celia M.; … - 2010
The Philippines has been posting progress in terms of poverty reduction since the early 1990s. However, reversal in the … percent, are deemed vulnerable to these shocks. Using a panel of households from the different rounds of Family Income and … chronic and the transient poor. A panel regression analysis was also explored to identify factors that can predict the income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421189
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Improving Access to Affordable Medicines: Looking at Prevailing Prices and Distribution of Village Drugstores in the Philippines
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Reyes, Celia M.; Asis, Ronina D.; … - 2011
Drugs and medicines account for about half of the total medical out-of-pocket expenses of households. This share of drugs to total medical expenses is much higher for the poor than the rich. Thus, affordability of medicines is an important issue in poverty reduction. Recent efforts to improve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421202
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Persons with Disability (PWDs) in Rural Philippines: Results from the 2010 Field Survey in Rosario, Batangas
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; Reyes, Celia M.; … - 2011
In an effort to complement the 2008 disability survey conducted in Metro Manila, the University of Tokyo and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies collaborated to undertake a similar study in a rural area. The survey was conducted in Rosario, Batangas in 2010, where 106 PWDs from 31...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421212
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A Profile of the Philippine Pharmaceutical Sector
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Lavado, Rouselle F.; Reyes, Celia M.; … - 2011
The Philippines is one of the biggest pharmaceutical markets in the ASEAN region, next only to Indonesia and Thailand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421214
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Dynamics of Poverty in the Philippines: Distinguishing the Chronic from the Transient Poor
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; Reyes, Celia M.; … - 2011
, this does not mean there are no movements in and out of poverty. Based on a matched panel data obtained from three survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421217
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A Note on Economic Growth, Inequality, and Poverty in the Philippines
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Reyes, Celia M. - 2011
This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at subnational levels. The results were examined against the performances of the different economic sectors in the regions to understand the relationships while accounting for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421219
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Disability and Gender: The Case of the Philippines
Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D. - 2011
Philippines. The goal is to illustrate the gender disparities and to draw useful insights on how stakeholders can address this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421234
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Chronic and transient poverty
Reyes, Celia M.; Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; … - 2010 - (revised)
The Philippines has been posting progress in terms of poverty reduction since the early 1990s. However, reversal in the … percent, are deemed vulnerable to these shocks. Using a panel of households from the different rounds of Family Income and … chronic and the transient poor. A panel regression analysis was also explored to identify factors that can predict the income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796159