on the Philippines, it first notes marked disparities across its regions as reflected in economic and social indicators …

and impact of microfinance in reducing the incidents of poverty in Third World countries such as the Philippines. As a …Microcredit can be an effective tool for tackling the global poverty problem. Making microcredit work better for the … economic options of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries within Third World economic and poverty conditions. Governance principles can …

While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic … growth has still not translated into reduction of poverty. This is in large part due to issues pertaining to distribution … processes. The study looks at trends in various statistics on poverty and income distribution, and then examines how disparities …

-economic shocks, traumatizes CCT families, erodes social cohesion, and pushes them further into poverty. We conclude with …

Over the past four decades, the Philippines has achieved significant advances in its growth performance and has … risen, the country’s record in terms of generating quality employment and reducing poverty and inequality has been …-economic mobility, at least compared to its ASEAN neighbours, has been low. Moreover, new evidence suggests that key forms of wealth …