Poverty - Matches

Unlike their parents before them, poor Filipino children are not necessarily doomed to suffer the indignity of poverty, according to experts from the ..

The government must oversee the preparation of the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) to ensure funding and regularity for such data collection effo..

SHOCKS such as natural disasters, inflation, income loss, conflicts, and wars are just some of the factors that can drive more families into poverty o..

The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) is one of the social protection programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that aims..

This study examines the various issues regarding the production of a multidimensional poverty index (MPI), from the choice of the underlying indicator..

In a developing country such as the Philippines, social protection has been a consistent priority of government to redistribute income to the poor, ma..

The middle class is crucial in society. With better educational attainment and savings, they hold critical roles in higher value-added sectors. They a..

In 2016, the National Economic and Development Authority launched AmBisyon Natin 2040, which embodies the long-term aspirations of Filipinos for thems..

Poverty eradication is at the core of development concerns in the Philippines, as underscored in the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022. This Polic..

MANILA, Philippines — Various socioeconomic and environmental shocks, such as inflation and natural disasters, now threaten to sink more Filipin..

Shocks, such as natural disasters, inflation, income loss, conflicts, and wars, are just some of the factors that can drive more families into poverty..

MORE Filipinos may fall deeper into poverty this year, given the high commodity prices being experienced by households nationwide for the past eight m..

NEARLY half of all Filipinos are vulnerable to becoming poor due to various external shocks, according to a study released by the Philippine Institu..

The reduction of poverty is at the heart of the development agenda both nationally and globally. This is reflected in the Philippine Development Plan,..

This issue of the Development Research News (DRN) revisits the country’s social protection programs and provides strategies to further improve their..