Rapid and sustainable economic growth is crucial for the Philippines to win the war on poverty and achieve lasting prosperity ...

Professor Shamika Ravi drew a comparison of poverty rates in the past decade based on data from Rangarajan (2014) poverty ...

it also describes how the world entered the COVID-19 crisis already in a weak position from a global poverty reduction perspective. During the pandemic, large and unequal job and income losses were ...

Some 300 diplomats, policymakers and development experts from 34 countries and international organizations, including the ...

Poverty remains one of the most pressing issues globally, with over 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty—on less than P123.70 per day. In the Philippines, the situation is equally ...

Abubakar Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Economic Planning has said that all government agencies, particularly the Ministry of ...

In its forthcoming 2025 report on Philippine growth and employment, the World Bank highlights that recent growth has accompanied a poverty reduction pace not seen in earlier periods. Nationally ...

REFERENCE is drawn to a letter authored by the Economic and Youth Policy Advisor to the Leader of the Opposition that was published in the Stabroek News’s edition of March 11, 2025, with the caption, ...

Minister Dao Ngoc Dung chairs the policy discussion on poverty reduction. Photo: Le Anh Dung On March 14, Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung chaired a meeting in Hanoi to discuss ...

LABOR REFORMS are needed to sustain the momentum of receding poverty and to ensure the economy’s benefits reach rural areas, analysts said.