Poverty - Matches
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This paper presents a new model for constructing poverty lines. The model uses consumer theory to construct both food and nonfood poverty thresholds. ..
Philippine Journal of Development

Despite the remarkable economic performance of the Philippines in recent years, poverty remains a core policy issue. And with a relatively young popul..
Discussion Papers

Regional Integration, Inclusive Growth, and Poverty: Enhancing Employment Opportunities for the Poor
Regional economic integration in East Asia is characterized initially as a market-driven process of increased trade and foreign direct investment infl..
èßäAV Paper Series

The poverty situation in the country did not significantly improve despite of the six-percent economic growth posted from 2003 to 2006. This was rev..
Press Releases

Over the last decade, there was a significant drop in mortality and morbidity cases attributed to tuberculosis (TB). The high TB Case Detection (CDR) ..
Discussion Papers

Competition agencies and nongovernmental organizations across the globe celebrated World Competition Day on December 5 under the theme "Impact of Cart..
Press Releases

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing poverty incidence by half by next year will be unattainable even by 2025, according to a discussion..
In the News

EVEN if the national government invests heavily on poverty reduction through higher taxes and Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans, the Philipp..
In the News

The Philippines has made considerable progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, achieving all the targets remains a daun..
Discussion Papers

About 130 million people in Southeast Asia lack access to electricity. This was revealed by the èßäAV (PIDS) i..
Press Releases

This study analyzed the interactions between natural disasters and household poverty and discussed the coping strategies used by households in respons..
Discussion Papers

This paper aims to explore the determinants of household income and
expenditure growth, and assess whether the poor are benefiting from economic
dev..
Discussion Papers

Here’s the paradox of growth in this country. From 2003 to 2009, the economy grew by an average of 4.8 percent. And yet, instead of decreasing with ..
In the News

This Policy Note provides a framework for analyzing the impact of natural disasters on household income and household poverty and empirically estimate..
Policy Notes

Over 40 million Filipinos still rely on traditional biomass for cooking and 16 million do not have electricity, according to a study released by the P..
In the News
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