Poverty - Matches
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Government estimates obtained from sample surveys, such as the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), and national accounts have wide discrepanc..
Policy Notes
Despite being against the law, wealthy households—especially those in gated communities—have been refusing to participate in state-sanctio..
In the News
The PIDS and the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) – Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) are conducting a study on "Poverty Al..
Events
Some 6.4 million who have availed themselves of the government’s health-insurance subsidy for indigents are not at all that poor, according to t..
In the News
It is more effective to monitor poverty and inequality by looking into the conditions of target social groups instead of specific individuals, accordi..
Press Releases
In 1995, the Philippine government, through the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), instituted the National Health Insurance Program..
Policy Notes
The Philippines needs to develop an enabling "ecosystem" of policies and institutions to scale up social enterprises. In a recent study released by s..
Press Releases
This final issue of the Development Research News (DRN) in 2016 highlights social protection measures like the government's Agricultural Insurance Pro..
Development Research News
HIGHER across-the-board wages run the risk of limiting the employment prospects of less experienced workers and women, according to a paper published ..
In the News
Increasing the legal minimum wages (LMWs) is seen as more detrimental to the welfare of workers particularly the young and inexperienced, less educate..
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The global unemployment rate will increase to 5.8 percent representing 3.4 million people or a total of 201.1 million, according to the World Employme..
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Using the panel data for the Philippines in 2003-2009, the paper estimates a three-level random coefficient model to measure household vulnerability a..
Discussion Papers
The abolition or the scaling down of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), pushed by the militant left and their allies in Congress would hav..
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The Conditional Cash Transfer Program (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps) is a smart populist program and its abolition or scaling down could..
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A study conducted by the Philippine Institute of Deve-lopment Studies (Pids) raised warning bells over higher- than-necessary conditional cash transfe..
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