In response to the spike in rice prices in 2008, the rice subsidy program budget for the Philippines's National Food Authority (NFA) was expanded five-fold to 2.5% of gross domestic product. The NFA is the largest recipient of government subsidy, but also the largest loss-making government...

This country report has come up with very significant findings that can directly feed into the design of development interventions in the country. Among others, it has provided a profile of the poor Filipino child and discovered the fact that although income poverty among children in general has...