Poverty - Matches

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 ..

This Policy Note discusses the impacts on poverty and employment of the increased fuel excise tax rates under the first package of the Tax Reform for ..

The government is exerting effort to improve the access of ethnic groups to education, especially those who are in Mindanao, according to Philippine I..

This study examines the effects of weather variability on food poverty dynamics in the Philippines. Among others, it finds that chronic food poverty i..

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) should first resolve questions concerning the indicators used in its multidimensional poverty (MP) statistic..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) will conduct a public seminar on July 25, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 p..

THE Philippines lags similar-sized economies in spending on social protections and needs to improve their design and implementation, according to a st..

As public spending on social protection programs increases, government should continuously improve the design and implementation of these programs.&nb..

Last April 10, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released estimates of poverty incidence in the first semester of 2018 (see Table 1), stating ..

MANILA, Philippines — Public investments in agriculture and infrastructure in rural areas are crucial in efforts to eradicate extreme poverty an..

In addition to curbing inflation and creating jobs, consistently among the top concerns of Filipinos according to surveys is wages. The poor, in parti..

POVERTY worsened in 17 provinces and cities, including districts in Metro Manila in the first half of 2018, according to the latest data on poverty in..