, distribution and poverty using a CGE-microsimulation approach wherein the representative household assumption in the traditional …

Despite high agricultural growth, the Philippine unemployed and underemployed has continued to swell. Rural poverty … concerning rural growth, linkages, poverty and income distribution; determinants of income diversification and demand and supply …

This paper examines the linkages of poverty and environment at the household level in Philippine slums. Rapid … and informal settlements in the country. While poverty incidence of the population in key metropolitan centers is on … informal settlers confront on a daily basis another dimension of poverty which is environmental poverty. The underserviced and …

In 2006, poverty incidence in the Philippines went up by 3 percentage points from 2003, marking a reversal against the … downward trend in previous poverty estimates. This upward trend went against expectations after the Philippine economy … further add to the already difficult work of reducing poverty. The MDG deadline looms ahead and time is running out in the …

This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at … understand the relationships while accounting for the nature of growth. Moreover, the poverty elasticity of output growth was … estimated using regional-level data in 2003, 2006, and 2009. We learned that while the rate of growth matters a lot in poverty …

factors (poverty and costs of education), differences in expectations between boys and girls, and education of mothers. Supply …

Despite the remarkable economic performance of the Philippines in recent years, poverty remains a core policy issue …. And with a relatively young population, the poverty situation concerns largely children who are at the critical stages of … poverty through data collected from national surveys and administrative records of government agencies. The estimations show …

Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty. This … paper examines how we can improve our record on poverty reduction by looking at how we can generate greater demand for the … persistence of poverty in the Philippines. To promote inclusive growth and reduce poverty, the manufacturing sector has to be made …

to address the many facets of poverty. The 4Ps is by far the largest poverty reduction and social development program the … to alleviate their immediate needs and aims to "break the intergenerational poverty cycle through investments in human …