The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) will conduct a public seminar on July 25, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at the PIDS Conference Room, 18th Floor, Three Cyberpod Centris North Tower, EDSA corner Quezon Avenue, Quezon City.
Three related PIDS research papers about poverty and child stunting will be presented, namely, "Vulnerability to Poverty in the Philippines: An Examination of Trends from 2003 to 2015" and "Poverty is Multidimensional: But Do We Really Need a Multidimensional Poverty Index?" by PIDS Senior Research Fellow Dr. Jose Ramon Albert and "Child Stunting Prevention: The Challenge of Mobilizing Local Governments for National Impact" by PIDS Consultant Dr. Alejandro Herrin.
The first paper of Dr. Albert estimates the vulnerability level of households to poverty and provides forward-looking interventions to build their resilience to prevent or reduce the likelihood of experiencing poverty in the future while his second paper discusses various issues regarding the production of a multidimensional poverty index, from the choice of the underlying indicators for the index, the weights assigned to the indicators, as well as the aggregation process.
Dr. Herrin's paper, on the other hand, discusses the important role of local government units in the delivery of maternal, neonatal, and child healthcare services in communities. The study also suggests ways on how to improve governance, health systems, and nutrition programs at the local level.
For more details about the event, please contact Mia Vinuya at 877-4032 or Gwen de la Cruz at 877-4019, or you can email them at mvinuya@mail.pids.gov.ph or NdelaCruz@mail.pids.gov.ph, respectively.
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Vulnerability to Poverty in the Philippines: An Examination of Trends from 2003 - 2015 by Dr. Jose Ramon Albert, Senior Research Fellow and Jana Vizmanos, Research Specialist, PIDS
Poverty is Multidimensional: But Do We Really Need a Multidimensional Poverty Index by Dr. Jose Ramon Albert, Senior Research Fellow, and Jana Vizmanos, Research Specialist, PIDS
The Challenge of Mobilizing Local Governments for Child Stunting Prevention by Dr. Alejandro Herrin, Dr. Michael Abrigo, Ms. Zhandra Tam, and Danica Aisa P. Ortiz
