After hitting this milestone, the country’s chief economist says the challenge is now both 'making the growth faster' and 'more inclusive so that poverty reduction can be faster' ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped ...

For the Philippines, entry into the World Bank’s upper-middle-income club is both a vindication and a warning. The good After ...

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Can the Philippines end poverty? World Bank says yes, but only with urgent reforms THE Philippines has a historic opportunity to eradicate poverty and build a predominantly middle‑class society by ...

THE government remains optimistic about bringing down poverty to single-digit levels by 2028 even after lowering its economic growth targets. Slower growth often poses difficulties for poverty ...

MANILA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Let me start by extending our warmest greetings to Secretary Arsi Balisacan, NEDA Secretary; to our distinguished panelists, to the Representatives from the private sector, civil society, the academe ...