Poverty - Matches

This paper examines the effects of the reduction in tariff rates in the Philippines from 1994 to 2000 on unemployment, distribution and poverty using ..

Who benefits from the tariff reforms launched by the Philippine government from 1994-2000? On the basis of the results of his simulation runs, the aut..

Few studies on microfinance have delved on its development from the household perspective as it relates to poverty alleviation. This Policy Notes focu..

For millions of Filipino families, poverty is something they have to live with every single day. Some have become resigned to such fate but many conti..

The book shows that the Philippines has achieved modest success in the area of poverty reduction and human development. Life expectancy has gone up, m..

One of the government’s major components in its poverty alleviation strategy is agrarian reform. While a number of reports have been published on th..

This paper summarizes the research on population-related issues done between 1980-2002. The review organized the research into the following areas: (a..

The paper examines the performance of the Philippines with respect to the fight against poverty. It reviews the trends in poverty using the various hu..

This paper reviews the literature and evidence on the population and poverty nexus. The paper situates the role of demographic changes in development,..

Using panel data from about 1,500 farm households and estimating from a logit model, the study shows that agrarian reform has had a positive impact on..

This paper has reviewed existing policies and programs to encourage banks to expand their financial services to micro, small- and medium-sized ent..

In order to promote microfinance or the provision of a broad range of financial services to poor and low-income households for their microenterprises ..

Poverty incidence has been declining in the Philippines over the past 10 years. However, with the advent of the Asian crisis in 1997, there was a reve..

The Philippines, having been integrated into the global economy, has not been spared from the financial crisis that hit Asia in July 1997. Pre-financi..