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Evaluating (chronic) poverty reduction strategies in the Philippines

Joseph Anthony Lim
2009

Abstract

This paper discusses the statistics, determinants and responses to poverty – especially chronic poverty – in the Philippines. The diverse issues covered include economic conditions (periodic recessions) and the need for a national development strategy, income and asset distribution,  weaknesses in the government’s anti-poverty programs as well as social and subsidy programs, the lack of a cohesive social contract conducive to poverty eradication,  and social conflicts and war in some regions with extreme chronic poverty.

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CPRC Working Paper

Keywords

policy poverty conflict Philippines poverty reduction

ISBN: 978-1-906433-39-0

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