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 …

Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this …, and 14% of those in the middle-class, experience poverty at least once over a ten-year period. Furthermore, chronic … poverty remains widespread (representing 91% and 50% of extreme and moderate poverty respectively). Differences between rural …

A growing literature uses repeated cross-section surveys to derive 'synthetic panel' data estimates of poverty dynamics …

A growing literature uses repeated cross-section surveys to derive 'synthetic panel' data estimates of poverty dynamics …

A growing literature uses repeated cross-section surveys to derive "synthetic panel" data estimates of poverty dynamics …