Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Briones, Roehlano M.; Rivera, … - 2024
The Philippines has set an ambitious goal of becoming a predominantly middle-class society free of poverty by 2040 … as poverty reduction or redistribution. This background paper for the 2024 Philippine Institute for Development Studies …-based definition that delineates the middle-class as households with per capita incomes between 2 to 12 times the official poverty line …