Poverty - Matches

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 ..

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..

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will launch in July the pilot run of a food stamp program as it ai..

The latest official poverty statistics for the basic sectors released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) last month held no surprises. Accor..

For an economy to be successful, the government and society in general must encourage and facilitate upward economic mobility, the ability of an indiv..

MANILA, Philippines – Newly appointed Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said he is prepared for the r..

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is the government’s first true venture into solving the great poverty problem by identifying and t..

In the Philippines, you can be considered “rich” if you earn at least P182,000 and up each month. You are “high income” if you..

This study provides new evidence of the heterogeneous impact of the Philippines’ conditional cash transfer (CCT) program designed to improve hum..

MANILA, Philippines – On a humid Tuesday afternoon, 51-year-old Marites Gutierrez chops up a mix of eggplants, squash, and string beans which sh..

At least 36.9% of senior citizens in the country did not have a pension in 2020, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies has reported. Accor..

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is getting flak for its apparent inability to solve widespread poverty, which is quite weird because it ..