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MDG 1 in the Philippines : Setting the Scores Right and Achieving the Targets
Balisacan, Arsenio M. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2010
The official poverty data fall short of properly informing public policy and governance concerning the progress, or lack of it, in achieving the country’s commitment of halving, between 1990 and 2015, the incidence of poverty and hunger. Imposing consistency in poverty estimation shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670392
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Where does Philippine education go? : the "K to 12" program and reform of Philippine basic education
Okabe, Masayoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
In 2012 the Philippines launched its "K to 12" Program, a comprehensive reform of its basic education. Through this … reform, the Philippines is catching up with global standards in secondary education and is attaching a high value to … in order to promote poverty alleviation and human development in the Philippines. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712619
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Gender-preferential intergenerational patterns in primary education attainment : a quantitative analysis of a case of rural Mindanao, the Philippines
Okabe, Masayoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
The Philippines has achieved a relatively high standard of education. Previous researches, most of which deal with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134436
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Pro-poor growth or poverty trap? : estimating intergenerational income mobility in rural Philippines
Takahashi, Kazushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
income mobility among individuals who had grown up in rural Central Luzon, the Philippines. We found that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010625269
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MDG 1 in the Philippines: Setting the scores right and achieving the targets
Balisacan, Arsenio M. - 2010
The official poverty data fall short of properly informing public policy and governance concerning the progress, or lack of it, in achieving the country's commitment of halving, between 1990 and 2015, the incidence of poverty and hunger. Imposing consistency in poverty estimation shows that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275081
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The Philippine economy and poverty during the global economic crisis
Balisacan, Arsenio; Piza, Sharon; Mapa, Dennis Claire S.; … - 2010
Anecdotal evidence permeates accounts on the impact of the global economic crisis (GEC) on Philippine poverty. This study systematically assesses the evidence and recent data. It adopts a somewhat eclectic approach, applying regression and decomposition techniques to trace the GEC impact on GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275856
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Poverty and ethnicity in Asian countries
Gradín, Carlos - 2016
the latter country increased over the analyzed period, while it was reduced in the Philippines. Our analyses indicate that … (e.g., India, Nepal, and Pakistan), in regional development (e.g., the Philippines) and the large urban-rural gap (e …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688647
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Income and consumption inequality in the Philippines: A stochastic dominance analysis of household unit records
Valenzuela, Maria Rebecca J.; Wong, Wing-keung; Zhen, … - 2017
levels and investigate sources of inequality in the Philippines from 2000 to 2012. Using SD techniques developed in Chow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688685
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Human Capital Investment and Poverty Reduction over Generations: A Case from the Rural Philippines, 1979-2003
Takahashi, Kazushi; Otsuka, Keijiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
This paper attempts to identify a pathway out of poverty over generations in the rural Philippines, based on long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744807
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Doha Scenarios, Trade Reforms, and Poverty inthe Philippines: a CGE Analysis
Cororaton, Caesar B.; Cockburn, John; Corong, Erwin - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2005
Since the early 1980s, the Philippines have undertaken substantial trade reform. The current Doha round of WTO … demand for Philippines agricultural exports. The impacts of full liberalization involving free world trade and complete … unemployed, self-employed and rural low-educated. The Philippines is found to have an interest in pushing for more ambitious …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696382