Hello, PIDS friends! Here's our #PIDSFactFriday for the week on local government planning. A PIDS study found that one of the major weaknesses in th..

This virtual event is the last of the three-part webinar series organized by PIDS in collaboration with the Department of the Interior and Local Gover..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is conducting an online su..

MANILA, Philippines — For the second time, the Department of Social Welfare and Development reminded senior citizens and persons with disability..

The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy could lead to 1.5 million Filipinos becoming poor, according to the Philippine Institute for De..

The House of Representatives approved a bill that would offer scholarships to deserving students who wish to become doctors, later requiring them to s..

Poverty and hunger are more likely to give Filipinos already distressed by COVID-19 additional suffering, as the Philippine economy has crash-landed i..

While prepandemic data suggested that six million Filipinos were lifted out of poverty over the past two years, more recent data suggest that the numb..

MANILA, Philippines — Poverty incidence in urban areas likely took a bigger hit from the socioeconomic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic a..

Hello PIDS friends! Here's the #PIDSFactFriday for the week on the livestock industry in the Philippines. A PIDS study noted that shifting to more com..

IF household incomes were to fall by 20 percent, it may take nearly a quarter of a century for poor Filipinos to reach middle-income status, according..

THE worst recession in the country’s history could cause more people to lose their jobs and swell the ranks of the poor, local economists said o..

Manila – The Institute of Labor Studies (ILS) participated in the webinar hosted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) titl..