Poverty - Matches

MANILA, Philippines — Poverty could worsen next year due to the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the urban rather than the rural..

The Philippines’ poverty incidence could worsen to 17.5 percent next year, as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the lockdown ..

MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos may be dragged back to poverty by the pandemic next year, a scenario that senators quizzing economic manage..

Poor coordination across different government levels and lack of accurate information on beneficiaries caused delays in the implementation of the Soci..

POOR-QUALITY data was one of the causes of delay in the timely distribution of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), according to the Philippine Inst..

MANILA, Philippines — Poor families have it worse in life and the pandemic just highlighted that, beginning with price increases that tapered mo..

Poverty vulnerability has been particularly recognized in the wake of the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that is likely to yield declines ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is conducting an online survey on the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) among the beneficiarie..

Now it can be told.The basis of the government’s announcement to extend the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until April 30 to address the sp..

This study continues previous work on estimating the vulnerability level of households to income poverty using a modified probit model based on income..

The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) is a livelihood assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development targeting working-age ..

If the infrastructure investments as a result of the higher revenue generated under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act are incl..

The higher excise slapped on oil products and other goods and services under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act pulled more Fil..

Complete the economic picture with infrastructure spending and you would see a decline in poverty rate, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).T..

THE TAX REFORM program’s fuel excise tax produced a “minimal increase” in poverty incidence while increasing economic activity, the ..