The report we are discussing today examines the patterns of poverty and inequality in the Philippines and how the pandemic may affect their trends. The report aims to answer three questions: how did ...

The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 22.4% or 25.24 million people in the first half of 2023, the government's statistics agency said on Friday, from 23.7% in the same period in 2021.

The Philippines is stepping up its commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030, rolling out ...

A poverty incidence report in 2021 said 18.1 percent of the country’s total population was living below the poverty line. "There are many out there who do not have any source of income" This means ...

Poverty is such a problem in the Philippines, families often struggle to find their next meal. It's the kind of desperation that forces some parents into an unimaginable decision, whether to sell ...

Hundreds of thousands of urban children in the Philippines are growing up in squalor, deprived of education and healthcare ...

MANILA, May 30, 2018 – With solid economic fundamentals, the Philippines is well-placed to speed up poverty reduction. The challenge is to provide more economic opportunities, which would help many ...

The Philippine Statistics Authority says that nearly 1 in 5 Filipinos are living below the poverty line – but the real number could be a lot higher.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The World Bank said Wednesday the Philippines can eliminate poverty within a generation as sustained economic growth in recent years has translated into more jobs and ...

Stopping violent extremism in the Philippines should begin by fighting social injustice, particularly in the south, war-torn Mindanao's lone cardinal says. Rather than military intervention alone, ...