Poverty - Matches

This issue of the Development Research News deepens the discussion on federalism, a hot topic in the Philippines today. During the 15th Development Po..

Despite the government's various poverty reduction and social protection programs, poverty remains a social problem the country needs to hurdle. This ..

As leaders from more than 20 countries descend to Manila for a series of meetings, they are expected to be greeted by the red carpet, escorted on allo..

The Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is costly but with minimal impact on educat..

Due to its geographic location, the Philippines is vulnerable to disasters, such as tropical cyclones and storm surges. As such, the adoption of an ad..

The Philippines has a long history of battle against poverty. Unfortunately, despite the government's various poverty reduction and social protection ..

More Filipinos will become food poor if they are not educated, unemployed, bereft of assets, live in conflict areas and those affected by weather dist..

There are few studies in the Philippines that analyze poverty dynamics; and studies that analyze the effects of weather variability on food poverty dy..

Weather is an integral part of our life and weather shocks can have severe implications on income and household consumption. Given evidence that point..

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) has come quite a distance since its inception in 1967. Today, it stands as one of the world’s old..

The SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ will hold a dissemination forum on "Addressing Transient Poverty: Evaluation of Agricultural Insuranc..

FOUR in every 10 Filipino households have remained or slipped into poverty at least once in a period of three years, according to a study released by ..

ABOUT FOUR in every 10 Filipino households has experienced poverty at least once in the previous three years, with two Mindanao regions leading the co..

A study released by SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ showed that four in every 10 Filipino households have remained or slipped into povert..

Can success -- or at least a materially comfortable life -- be predicted? Yes, if the Brookings Institution is to be believed: get at least a high sch..