Poverty - Matches

LAST week, we were able to delve into the barriers and bottlenecks that constrain young pupils from being educated. We have discussed on the socio-cul..

CLASSES already started last Monday. More than 25 million students in the elementary, junior and senior high school levels flocked to thousands of pri..

THE steady rise in commodity prices has prompted local economists to flag the need for the government to implement “short-term interventions&rdq..

On May 24, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said the P70-billion Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program or 4Ps only makes beneficiaries overl..

Dara Mae Tuazon, the 19-year-old founder of Bangketa Eskwela, is the first recipient of The One Philippines Humanitarian Award In a makeshift tent al..

This paper defines the middle-income class as those whose per capita incomes are within two- and twelve- times the (official) poverty line. Descriptiv..

IF the government shifts funds for the conditional-cash transfer (CCT) program to boost productivity in farms, poor households not engaged in farming ..

The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and economists on Wednesday expressed their opposition to the proposal of the National Food Aut..

A NEW study has identified at least three essential elements for the success of agribusiness venture arrangements (AVAs) and sugarcane block farming (..

Following Monday's barangay and SK elections, the business sector is hoping for the barangays' support in spurring economic development, being the sma..

Education and cash transfers are pro-poor programs that can help lift millions from poverty, but inefficient spending may cripple these programs, acco..

The government should consider slowing down the implementation of the PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to make sure only the poor benefit from..

The government should consider slowing down the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to make sure only the poor benefit fro..

THE national government should consider slowing down the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to plug leakages, according t..

A GOVERNMENT think tank said a foreign expert is calling for a review of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to ensure that only the intended ..