Poverty

All poor families covered by 2015 State subsidy to the poor via the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program will further go up so that practically all of them are covered in two years’ time, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said on Monday.

The reaction among politicians to the phenomenal economic growth being experienced by the Philippines appears to be divided between those who see it as a half-filled glass and those who see it as half-empty. One side of the political spectrum claim credit for this achievement and brook no criticism despite certainly valid points being raised…

May 1 is often celebrated with parades and labor rejoicing in many countries. These provide symbolic, if plastic, events extolling the achievements and aspirations of labor. In the past, where communist governments ruled, the day was a parade of state power in the name of labor. In our country, May 1 is a day when…

MANILA, Philippines – Poverty figures released the other day were only up to the first semester of 2012, and the situation is getting better, Malacañang said yesterday.

When it rains, it pours. Coming on the heels of a report from the National Statistical Coordination Board that poverty alleviation in the country remains a pipe dream is an observation—from a government think tank no less—that job-creation facilitation programs are not enough to prop up employment in the Philippines.

NEDA DIRECTOR General Arsi Balisacan and the Philippine Statistical System, particularly the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) and the National Statistics Office (NSO), are to be congratulated for a more timely release of the country’s poverty statistics.

IT’S back to the drawing board for the government’s development planners following the findings of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) that the administration’s poverty-reduction program has failed.

Poverty level remains unchanged since 2006 – govt survey Poverty level remains unchanged since 2006 – govt survey. A street dwelling couple with their mobile cart-home looks for a place to settle down before nightfall along Sto. Domingo Street in Quezon City on Tuesday. Economic indicators may show the country is getting richer, but the…

On the average, 28 out of 100 Filipinos live in poverty ,unchanged for the past six years. This translates to 26 million very poor Filipinos. “The poverty rate would have been higher if not for the implementation of the conditional cash transfer program,” NEDA Director General Arsenio Balisacan said.

Through massive investment in human development and poverty reduction, the government is still hopeful that the results of the next poverty statistics will improve, particularly on the proportion of poor Filipinos, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said in a press briefing on Tuesday.

After government data showed that poverty levels in the Philippines have remained unchanged since 2006, Malacañang on Tuesday asked Filipinos to give the Aquino administration three more years to promote inclusive growth in the country.

A CHAPTER of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook released last week and presented at a series of seminars in Manila analyzes growth takeoffs in dynamic emerging markets and developing economies during the past 60 years. The chapter considers the economic and structural conditions and policies of emerging markets and developing countries that have taken off…

MANILA – Poverty incidence in the Philippines has eased little over the last seven years, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said on Tuesday, adding that the main difference between being poor last year and being poor in 2006 is that it’s become harder to escape poverty as of 2012.

MANILA, Philippines — An estimated 52 percent of Filipino families, or 10.6 million, consider themselves poor, the results of a new Social Weather Stations survey showed.

ECONOMIC GROWTH has failed to make a dent on poverty, data released by the government yesterday indicated, with the rate — equivalent to a little under three out of 10 Filipinos — unchanged in the last six years.

DESPITE ECONOMIC GROWTHS 10% of Filipino families rated ‘extremely poor’ Economic growth over the past six years hardly made a dent in poverty incidence in the Philippines, as the percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line remained practically the same between 2006 and 2012, official statistics showed.

MANILA, Philippines – Poverty incidence in the country practically remained unchanged with almost three out of 10 FIlipinos living below the poverty line in the first half of 2012, the National Statistical Coordinating Board (NSCB) revealed on Tuesday

Agri, infra to help bring down poverty incidence Rocamora: We expect questions from the opposition MANILA – The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) reported on Tuesday that the poverty incidence, or the share of the population whose income is below poverty line, is barely unchanged at 27.9% for the first semester of 2012 compared to…

The Philippines has failed to make headway in cutting rampant poverty, with more than one in four citizens deemed poor despite the country’s economic growth, according to census figures released Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The country’s poverty incidence stood at 27.9% in the first semester of 2012, virtually unchanged from the same period in 2006 and 2009.

More than 1 of 4 Filipinos poor – survey Despite the unprecedented economic growth and the huge budget allotted by the government to its poverty-alleviation project, the number of poor Filipinos has not changed, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).

MANILA – Poverty incidence in the Philippines has eased little over the last seven years, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said on Tuesday, adding that the main difference between being poor last year and being poor in 2006 is that it’s become harder to escape poverty as of 2012.

MANILA, Philippines – Natural disasters like typhoons kept many poor Filipinos below the poverty line, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said as it released Philippine poverty data for the first half of 2012.

THE government is yet to make a significant headway in reducing poverty in the Philippines based on a report released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — Global finance officials on Saturday endorsed a new World Bank goal to end extreme global poverty by 2030 and emphasized that its focus should be on ensuring that the poorest benefit from strong growth and rising prosperity in developing nations.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should extend the period of assistance given to current beneficiaries of its conditional cash transfer program instead of adding more families to the program, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said in a statement.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should consider an extended period of assistance to current beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash-Transfer Program instead of increasing the number of its beneficiaries, according to a study undertaken by researchers from government think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

‘Maybe it’s time to think out of the box.’ THE poverty rate has remained unchanged since 2006 according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). And the bad news is that the rate is likely to stay that way three years from now.

MANILA – Optimism is soaring that the Philippines is finally becoming an Asian tiger economy, but critics caution a tiny elite that has long dominated is amassing most of the new wealth while the poor miss out.

MANILA, Philippines – “Mission Impossible.” This was how President Aquino described the proposed Magna Carta for the Poor that he vetoed, as the government had no means to allocate around P3.3 trillion from the P2-trillion annual national budget to uplift the lives of the poor.