Crop insurance is a risk management tool designed to even out agricultural risks and address the consequences of natural disasters to make losses more..

This paper develops a modality of liberalization for APEC, based on a sectoral level, as an alternative to the politically sensitive Free Trade Area o..

To monitor changes in absolute poverty across time, it is crucial to ensure that the established poverty line is a fixed standard of living that repre..

This paper presents some statistical issues and possible solutions in the estimation of Philippine Poverty Statistics based on the official methodolog..

Fruits and vegetables comprise a large and dynamic subsector within Philippine agriculture. However, the country’s agricultural development strategy..

In response to high demands for lower level poverty estimates, the National Statistical Coordination Board releases provincial estimates, in addition..

In the effort to effectively monitor the progress or drawbacks in the fight against poverty to formulate more effective poverty reduction programs, th..

The quality of poverty estimates relies heavily on the data sources. One of the sources of data for poverty estimation in the Philippines is the Famil..

The quality of poverty estimates relies heavily on the data sources. One of the sources of data for poverty estimation in the Philippines is the retai..

In years when the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) is not conducted and when funds are available, the National Statistics Office administer..

Philippine cities provide the highest levels of service and living standards in the country. Much of what happens to the country in terms of productio..

This study reviews and evaluates the major contributory and noncontributory social protection programs that are currently in place as part of the gove..

This paper aims to review and assess protection afforded by the Social Security System and the Government Service Insurance System, two out of the thr..

Using data from a quick survey of various rural (RFIs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs) in East Asia, the paper tries to find out how those insti..

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) recognize the need to understand the link between disability and poverty. In fact this has become one of the k..