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The Philippines aspires to be an upper middle-income country by 2022 as stated in the 2017–2022 Philippine Development …
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The Philippines has set an ambitious goal of becoming a predominantly middle-class society free of poverty by 2040 … Philippines can build a more resilient, equitable, and prosperous future for all Filipinos. …
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The year 2013 marks the fifth year of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) implementation in the country since its inception in 2008. The first batch of beneficiaries will be graduating from the program in several months' time. Meanwhile, the government continues to expand the...
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Philippines. Set against the backdrop of continuing economic integration in the region, it seems that the growth in the … Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty. This … inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment …
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Despite the remarkable economic performance of the Philippines in recent years, poverty remains a core policy issue …
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While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic …
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Income-based as well as most existing multidimensional poverty indices (MPI) assume equal distribution within the household and thus are likely to lead to yield a biased assessment of individual poverty, and poverty by age or gender. In this paper we first show that the direction of the bias...
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The reduction of poverty is at the heart of the development agenda both nationally and globally. This is reflected in the Philippine Development Plan, as well as in the worldwide commitment toward the Sustainable Development Goals. While the measurement of poverty is ex post and thus, public...
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