Poverty - Matches
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The Philippines has made some progress in alleviating poverty. From a 49.2 percent poverty rate in 1985, it decreased to 18.1 percent in 2021. This is..
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Nanawagan ang isang mambabatas sa gobyerno na palawakin ang Pantawid Pasada Program ng gobyerno upang mabigyan ng fuel subsidy, hindi lang a..
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The world was making great strides towards improving income inequality until the Wuhan virus struck in 2020.
Data from the World Bank show a remarkab..
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Iminumungkahi ni AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee ang pag-amyenda sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) law, para gawing yearly ang pagre-re..
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I am coining new terms for those belonging to the middle class and low income segments of Philippine society – glamorized poor.
As an incoming ..
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“A nation that can feed its own people is a nation more secure.” – President George W. Bush
In 2014, the World Bank briefer asserte..
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This paper explores the multidimensional nature of persons with disabilities’ lives with their families in Valenzuela City, Philippines. It expl..
Philippine Journal of Development

MANILA, Philippines — Agri Rep. Wilbert Lee urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday to expedite the process of..
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AGRI party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee called on his colleagues in the House of Representatives, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), an..
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MANILA, Philippines — It is not easy to be a woman, much less a mother. The fact that you are a woman already puts you in a challenging po..
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AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee is appealing to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to hasten the process for the increase of ..
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MANILA, Philippines — Dahil sa mahal ng bilihin, dapat na umanong itaas ang halaga ng ayuda na ibinibigay sa mga Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Pro..
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to pilot test its food stamp program or the “Walang Gutom 2027,” for six mo..
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