Vulnerability - Matches

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

A òòò½´«Ã½ study says 4 in every 10 Filipino households have remained poor at least once in a period of three years. Even those who have not experienced p..

FOUR in every 10 Filipino households have remained or slipped into poverty at least once in a period of three years, according to a study released by ..

A study released by òòò½´«Ã½ showed that four in every 10 Filipino households have remained or slipped into povert..

ABOUT FOUR in every 10 Filipino households has experienced poverty at least once in the previous three years, with two Mindanao regions leading the co..

Four in every 10 Filipino households have remained or slipped into poverty at least once in a period of three years, latest study by state think tank ..

The lack of access to transportation, decent employment and timely government intervention could send a lot of nonpoor households to poor status in th..

Natural disasters, together with other shocks, have contributed to the vulnerability of both poor and nonpoor Filipino households to poverty. While th..

Using the panel data for the Philippines in 2003-2009, the paper estimates a three-level random coefficient model to measure household vulnerability a..

Globally, the rise of new and unexpected risks and shocks has impacted stable and poor societies alike, and some, especially the latter, have become i..

The principal target the government has set in its Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) is zero rice importation by 2013. Whether or not this targe..

Vulnerability to natural hazards is measured like hazard frequencies that reflect the predisposition of a system to extreme events at a certain instan..

The frequency of intense floods and storms is increasing globally, particularly in Asia-Pacific, amid the specter of climate change. Associated with t..

Despite the many propoor policies, programs, and projects instituted, the country's gains in the fight against poverty have still been modest. This No..

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 curr..