Poverty - Matches

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

About 130 million people in Southeast Asia lack access to electricity. This was revealed by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) i..

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

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

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 ..

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

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..

About 130 million people in Southeast Asia or one in five people in the region lack access to electricity, according to a study by the Philippine Inst..

Across the 10-nation Asean region, an estimated 130 million people lack access to electricity–and 16 million of them, comprising 12 percent of the t..

This issue of the Development Research News (DRN) covers the highlights of the 14th Global Development Conference in Manila organized by Global Develo..

The latest poverty statistics released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) have attracted considerable attention as they clearly sho..

Despite the wider of spread growth and more advanced technology seen in the next years, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said t..

Based on available statistics, between 127 and 130 million people in Southeast Asia lack access to electricity. At least 228 million still rely on tra..

It is not enough for the gross national product (GNP) to grow at a high rate in order for the government to succeed in fighting poverty. It is importa..

Is the decision of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to shift from money targeting to inflation targeting as its monetary framework a wise move? ..