Poverty - Matches

This study examines the various issues regarding the production of a multidimensional poverty index (MPI), from the choice of the underlying indicator..

A òòò½´«Ã½ study found that about half of Filipino families are at risk of becoming poor if the government fails to put the needed interventions. Shocks, ..

In 2016, the National Economic and Development Authority launched AmBisyon Natin 2040, which embodies the long-term aspirations of Filipinos for thems..

Poverty eradication is at the core of development concerns in the Philippines, as underscored in the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022. This Polic..

Shocks, such as natural disasters, inflation, income loss, conflicts, and wars, are just some of the factors that can drive more families into poverty..

The reduction of poverty is at the heart of the development agenda both nationally and globally. This is reflected in the Philippine Development Plan,..

This issue of the Development Research News (DRN) revisits the country’s social protection programs and provides strategies to further improve their..

To provide a complete, adequate, and relevant basic education services, the Department of Education (DepEd) launched a monthly research forum. Spearh..

AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol wants to perpetually earmark all the tariff revenues from rice imports for the sector once the quantita..

The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Philippines is pushing the country to take advantage of the regional economic partnerships such as the Regio..

LAST week, we were able to delve into the barriers and bottlenecks that constrain young pupils from being educated. We have discussed on the socio-cul..

Study finds no evidence to back claim that the conditional cash transfer program promotes laziness It’s drawing flak again. The Pantawid Pamily..

CLASSES already started last Monday. More than 25 million students in the elementary, junior and senior high school levels flocked to thousands of pri..

On May 24, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said the P70-billion Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program or 4Ps only makes beneficiaries overl..

This paper defines the middle-income class as those whose per capita incomes are within two- and twelve- times the (official) poverty line. Descriptiv..