Poverty in the Philippines: Income, Assets, and AccessAsian Development Bank, 2005 - 152 pagini This publication examines official income poverty statistics and trends, but takes a multidimensional approach in exploring questions of access. The report looks at access by the poor to five important assets: human, physical, natural, social, and financial capital. The report identifies seven broad causes of poverty: macroeconomic problems, employment issues, rapid population growth, low agricultural productivity, governance concerns including corruption, armed conflict, and physical disability. |
Cuprins
I Revisiting the Poverty Problem | 1 |
II Analytical Framework | 6 |
III Income Poverty and Inequality in the Philippines | 15 |
IV Assets and Access Poverty | 41 |
V Achieving the MDGS in the Philippines | 71 |
VI Causes of Poverty in the Philippines | 85 |
VII Government Poverty Reduction Programs | 109 |
VIII Conclusion | 119 |
Appendices | 125 |
Appendix 1 Poverty Measurement in the Philippines | 126 |
Appendix 2 The ADBGOP Poverty Partnership Agreement | 133 |
Appendix 3 Participant List | 144 |
Appendix 4 References | 147 |
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