Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46646 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
UPSE Discussion Paper No. 2010,09
Publisher: 
University of the Philippines, School of Economics (UPSE), Quezon City
Abstract: 
The official poverty data fall short of properly informing public policy and governance concerning the progress, or lack of it, in achieving the country's commitment of halving, between 1990 and 2015, the incidence of poverty and hunger. Imposing consistency in poverty estimation shows that the poverty trend is actually even more alarming than what the official data depict. 'Business as usual' keeps the country from achieving the MDG 1 targets. Meeting the huge policy challenge of poverty reduction requires nothing less than rapid but sustained and inclusive growth.
Subjects: 
Human Development
Philippines
Poverty
Welfare
JEL: 
I3
O15
O53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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