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Preliminary results of the survey on PWDs conducted in selected Metro Manila cities
Yap, Josef T. (contributor) - 2009
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) recognizes the need to understand the link between disability and poverty. In fact this has become one of the key issues in the subject of poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific...
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Do working men rebel? : insurgency and unemployment in Iraq and the Philippines
Berman, Eli; Felter, Joseph; Shapiro, Jacob N. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914379
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Trends in household vulnerability
Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Ramos, Andre Philippe - 2010
This paper presents a few of the latest statistics on income poverty, growth and inequality, and makes a case about the need not only to monitor current poverty, but also to reduce future poverty. An assessment of the trends in household vulnerability to income poverty is made for the years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935043
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The impact of the global financial crisis on poverty in the Philippines
Reyes, Celia M.; Sobreviñas, Alellie; Jesus, Jeremy de - 2010
the crisis on poverty in the Philippines. The result of this study would serve as inputs to policymakers in prioritizing … transmission channels for the Philippines including overseas employment and remittances, and local employment. The study also … Philippines were selected to serve as poverty observatories or sentinel sites for monitoring the impact of the global crisis …
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Chronic and transient poverty
Reyes, Celia M.; Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; … - 2010 - (revised)
The Philippines has been posting progress in terms of poverty reduction since the early 1990s. However, reversal in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796159
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Toward measuring household vulnerability to income poverty in the Philippines
Albert, Jose Ramon G. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609167
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The impact of international labor migration anf OFW remittances on poverty in the Philippines
Capistrano, Loradel O. (contributor);  … - 2007
The implications of labor migration and remittances on poverty are becoming a global issue. The Philippines is … and how they contribute to poverty reduction. However, the studies particularly done for the Philippines are quite scarce … to analyze the sole effect of migration on poverty in the Philippines and to utilize three measures of poverty to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003537976
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Remittances and household welfare : a case study of Pakistan
Ahmed, Vaqar - 2010
This paper examines the impact of remittances on economy and household welfare in Pakistan by using a general equilibrium framework and microeconometric analysis. The first approach is to highlight the macroeconomic and sectoral effects of a reduction in remittances, while the second is to show...
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Philippine farm workers : profile and status
Tecson, Eugene L. - 2009
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