Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127747 
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Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2000-40
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Makati City
Abstract: 
Poverty incidence has been declining in the Philippines over the past 10 years. However, with the advent of the Asian crisis in 1997, there was a reversal in poverty trends. Estimates indicate that the headcount index has gone up to 40 percent in 1998 from 31.8 percent in 1997. Other nonincome-based measures of poverty also suggest deterioration in the welfare conditions, particularly of the poor.The paper looks at the trends in the Philippines in the past ten years using income-based and nonincome-based measures of poverty. In particular, indicators relating to employment, education, health and access to basic facilities are used.
Subjects: 
poverty alleviation
poverty incidence
poverty
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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