Poverty

NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the decline in poverty rate in 2023 shows promising signs of inclusive government efforts to reduce poverty across the regions and provinces. In a statement late Thursday, Balisacan noted, however, that despite the decline, the government will continue to address the root causes of poverty…

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Would someone without enough to eat buy a television instead of more food? Yes, and economist Esther Duflo explains why.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 30 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — It would be more challenging for the Philippines to lift people out of poverty as the pandemic keeps economic recovery hanging in the balance, the state think tank said.

by Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com, 17 Dec 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos became poor in the first half of the year, as the pandemic wiped out gains of the Duterte administration in lifting people out of poverty.

By CNN Philippines Staff, 7 Dec 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 7) — The latest Social Weather Stations survey revealed that around 2.5 million Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past 3 months.

by The Philippine Star, 29 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipino families who classified themselves as poor decreased from an estimated 12 million in June 2021 to around 11.4 million in September 2021.

by Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com, 11 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines failed to secure a fresh grant from a US poverty reduction agency next year after the country flunked a major criterion that looked into getting a handle on corruption.

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by Philstar.com, 17 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — In celebration of the International Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty on October 17, three-term Senator and now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda renewed her call to ensure that the poorest of the poor belonging to the vulnerable and marginalized sectors of the country are provided with the necessary…

(The Philippine Star), 12 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos will face difficulty seeking work until 2022 despite the gains made in recovering jobs lost last year, forcing the Department of Finance (DOF) to push for the distribution of cash aid to the poorest families.

by Helen Flores (The Philippine Star), 27 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — About half of Filipino families rated themselves as “mahirap” or poor, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest survey.

Nearly half of adult Filipinos said their quality of life had gotten worse in the past year while over a third remain optimistic about the next 12 months, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

by Helen Flores (The Philippine Star), 14 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — About 4.2 million Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, the latest Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) survey showed.

by INQUIRER RESEARCH INQ, 14 Jul 2021 Hunger incidence remained high, with 4.2 million Filipino families saying they experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

by Inquirer Research INQ, 11 Jul 2021 Filipino families who rated themselves as “borderline poor” and “borderline food-poor” doubled in Metro Manila, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that was conducted weeks after the capital regions and nearby provinces were placed under the strictest community quarantine status to contain a surge in…

(Philstar.com), 8 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Figures released by President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration fail to capture the reality that many Filipinos continue to experience poverty and hunger five years into his term, new research shows.

by Dona Z. Pazzibugan, 1 May 2021 “Jessica,” a saleswoman in a Metro Manila mall, was jobless for most of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. She and her husband are contractual workers who earn minimum wage. The initial hard lockdown put them, along with millions of others, out of work.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 30 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Developing economies in Asia-Pacific, including the Philippines, need to strive harder to address inequality as decades worth of gains in reducing poverty have been pushed back due to the pandemic.

by Consuelo Marquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Sixty-two percent of adult Filipinos believed that their quality of life worsened in the past year.

by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — At least 48 percent of Filipino families feel that they are poor, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey on self-rated poverty (SRP) showed on Monday.

by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More Filipino families have rated themselves as “borderline food-poor” compared to previous surveys in 2019, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Monday.

By Cai Ordinario, 9 Dec 2020 People from different walks of life buy basic necessities at a covered court in Sta. Lucia, Pasig City. The World Bank said a large share of breadwinners remained jobless even after the government started easing community quarantines.

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 8 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines—The COVID-19 pandemic will make 2.7 million more Filipinos poor this year on top of a record slide in the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) or economic output in what could be the worst outturn post-war, the World Bank said Tuesday.

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 8 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines—The COVID-19 pandemic will make 2.7 million more Filipinos poor this year on top of a record slide in the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) or economic output in what could be the worst outturn post-war, the World Bank said Tuesday.

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