Poverty - Matches

The Asian Development bank (ADB) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ADB has published a 50-year history book set against the b..

A study by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) revealed that inaccurate data on family income and household expenditu..

The Department of Education (DepEd) has to address a number of issues on poverty and health to sustain the increasing number of children in the basic ..

Representatives from the United Nations Development Programme Philippines met with PIDS President Gilberto Llanto to discuss a potential partnership r..

The Philippine government is urged to intensify its move in liberalizing the goods sector to take advantage of the new trade opportunities under the r..

Dr. Aniceto Orbeta and Dr. Vicente Paqueo, co-authors of the book "Unintended Consequences: The Folly of Uncritical Thinking", explain the impact of l..

Before there was Francis Magalona, there was his grandfather, Enrique Magalona, assemblyman for Negros Occidental. In 1936, he wrote a letter to the p..

Bad Internet connection is a more pressing problem in the country compared to poverty and corruption, according to a study released by the Philippine ..

Using a purposive online and paper-based survey and focus group discussions with select target groups, this study makes inferences about the level of ..

THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) wants 20 percent of the budget for the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to be used by mi..

A recent achievement of the country has not been given the consideration it deserves. This pertains to the increase in average real wages, which was a..

Government estimates obtained from sample surveys, such as the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), and national accounts have wide discrepanc..

Despite being against the law, wealthy households—especially those in gated communities—have been refusing to participate in state-sanctio..

The PIDS and the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) – Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) are conducting a study  on "Poverty Al..

Some 6.4 million who have availed themselves of the government’s health-insurance subsidy for indigents are not at all that poor, according to t..