Poverty - Matches

The number of children living in poverty in the Philippines continues to climb despite the country`s recent economic gains. According to a study titl..

Helping poor but deserving students get a college degree is one way to break the cycle of poverty. The question, however, is how these scholars should..

This issue of the Development Research News mainly features the observance of the 12th Development Policy Research Month which the Institute spearhead..

Impact evaluation in the Philippines is getting a boost with the government, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation or 3ie, and the Asian ..

The stellar economic growth in the country since 2012 has not been subsequently accompanied by a significant reduction in poverty or by increased empl..

This paper presents a new model for constructing poverty lines. The model uses consumer theory to construct both food and nonfood poverty thresholds. ..

Using data from the 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey and 2005 community-based monitoring system for a city, Multivariate Adaptive Regression ..

Despite the remarkable economic performance of the Philippines in recent years, poverty remains a core policy issue. And with a relatively young popul..

Regional economic integration in East Asia is characterized initially as a market-driven process of increased trade and foreign direct investment infl..

The poverty situation in the country did not significantly improve despite of the six-percent economic growth posted from 2003 to 2006. This was rev..

Over the last decade, there was a significant drop in mortality and morbidity cases attributed to tuberculosis (TB). The high TB Case Detection (CDR) ..

Competition agencies and nongovernmental organizations across the globe celebrated World Competition Day on December 5 under the theme "Impact of Cart..

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing poverty incidence by half by next year will be unattainable even by 2025, according to a discussion..

EVEN if the national government invests heavily on poverty reduction through higher taxes and Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans, the Philipp..

The Philippines has made considerable progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, achieving all the targets remains a daun..