Poverty - Matches

What makes a large family more prone to poverty? Why is the poverty incidence invariably higher among households with larger family sizes? This Notes ..

This paper results from a series of international workshops that brought together CBMS and GRB practitioners to discuss how the community-based monito..

This paper looks at the different paradigms of decentralization for drinking water supply in the Philippines and its effectiveness in poverty alleviat..

The Philippines and Cambodia both abound in numerous freshwater bodies and resources that provide an economic and food base for rural people in the in..

The study proposes an alternative means to the present manner of identifying eligible Philhealth beneficiaries through the use of three criteria, name..

This paper shows how large family size can be an important contributor to household poverty. It presents results from recent research by the author us..

In the last twenty years, the Philippines has gained a good progress in poverty reduction. However, compared to other countries in the region, the Phi..

The paper employs an integrated CGE-microsimulation approach to analyze the possible effects of the Philippine-Japan bilateral agreements on unemploym..

This paper extends the analysis on microfinance and poverty from the household perspective by focusing on the role of other economically active househ..

The quantitative restriction (QR) on rice will last until the end of 2004. The paper employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze t..

What may happen if the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, which puts a limit to the volume of rice imports entering the country, is removed by the..

The primary objective for the conduct of the assessment of the social sector is to provide the basis for setting the thematic priorities for the Phili..

The article reviews trends in population and poverty, compares population and development between the Philippines and Thailand over the last 40 years,..

The paper discusses critical land issues in the Philippines and assesses the integration of those issues in the national development agenda and povert..

This paper uses a CGE mircosimulation approach to analyze the effects of tariff reduction on poverty and income inequality. The approach relaxes the r..