Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; Reyes, Celia M.; … - 2010
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 …