Poverty - Matches
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Recent literature indicates the significant role played by rural infrastructure in improving agricultural productivity in developing economies. While ..
Discussion Papers
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This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at subnational levels. The results ..
Discussion Papers
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Poverty incidence among population rose from 24.9 percent in 2003 to 26.4 percent in 2006 and then inched up further to 26.5 percent in 2009. Although..
Discussion Papers
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Highly unequal access to health services and the large share of household out-of-pocket spending in total health expenditures underscore the importanc..
Discussion Papers
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What brings about the deepening poverty in urban slums? How does it compare with the rural poverty incidence? And why is it urgent that the urban pove..
Policy Notes
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With a new government in place and amid all the developments that have taken place in the past two years and that are happening at the moment, what pr..
Development Research News
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Government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) strengthens its contribution to policy deliberations by releasing its first ..
Economic Policy Monitor
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Drugs and medicines account for about half of the total medical out-of-pocket expenses of households. This share of drugs to total medical expenses is..
Discussion Papers
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What are the factors that contribute to the nonparticipation of children in school? Who are the ones accountable to this complicating issue? This Note..
Policy Notes
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The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), being true to its mandate of conducting policy research in aid of planning and policymaking, ..
Development Research News
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In this paper, we present a new model for constructing poverty lines. The model uses consumer theory to construct both food and nonfood poverty thres..
Discussion Papers
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Despite the many propoor policies, programs, and projects instituted, the country's gains in the fight against poverty have still been modest. This No..
Policy Notes
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Aside from the rising income poverty, it is a disturbing situation when about half (44%) of all Filipino children are living in poverty. The lack of i..
Policy Notes
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Dropout is a problem for many reasons. One, at the aggregate economy level wherein education is known to be an important determinant of economic growt..
Policy Notes
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In 2006, poverty incidence in the Philippines went up by 3 percentage points from 2003, marking a reversal against the downward trend in previous pove..
Discussion Papers
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