The Philippines is generally winning its fight against poverty as the magnitude and incidence of poverty, income gap …, and severity of poverty have all decreased in 2018. Poverty decomposition analysis shows that both economic growth and … income redistribution factors have equally contributed to the declining poverty levels. However, the decline in poverty gap …

regions in the Philippines. The farmers' reasons for availing of crop include: encouraged by neighbors, friends, relatives and … of the Philippines. …

(official) poverty line. Descriptive analyses show that the middle income households are largely found in urban areas, that … empirical estimation are generally consistent with the findings of the descriptive analyses. The paper also provides policy …

in the Philippines helped mitigate the poverty impact by allocating more fiscal resources to build local resilience while … natural disasters, this paper takes the case of the Philippines - among the most vulnerable countries in the world to such …

The Philippines aspires to be an upper middle-income country by 2022 as stated in the 2017–2022 Philippine Development … poverty by 2030. This paper examines the performance of the country in poverty reduction. It also examines the reasons for the … recommendations to accelerate the rate of poverty reduction. …

Many rural households in Asia have been able to move out of poverty in the presence of increasing scarcity of farmland … rice technology. An important lesson for poverty reduction is to increase agricultural productivity through the development … employment opportunities for the rural labor force. This chapter explores the key processes of long-term poverty reduction in …

This study provides an in-depth analysis of poverty dynamics in the Philippines, focusing on the period from 2003 to … provides valuable input for policymakers in formulating effective measures to address poverty and inequality in the Philippines. … poverty, it pays special attention to the near-poor population - those whose incomes hover just above the poverty line …