The Philippines has undertaken substantial trade-policy reforms since the 1980s. However, the poverty impact is not very clear and has been the subject of intense debate, most crucial of which is the likely poverty effects of liberalizing the highly protected agricultural sector. A CGE micro-...
Trade Reform and Poverty in the Philippines: a Computable General Equilibrium Microsimulation Analysis The paper employs an integrated CGE-microsimulation approach to analyze the poverty effects of tariff reduction. The results indicate that the tariff cuts ... CB Cororaton,J Cockburn - 《Cahiers De ...
It also employs several quantifiable measures and tools in determining the extent and intensity of "catastrophic" incidence to determine its effects on poverty. Lastly it looks into the state of impoverishment after incurring these payments. The results indicate that, in general, households that ...
For example, migration streams are larger to destinations where the public share of forestland and the road system are larger. These features also characterize regions of more rapid deforestation. Therefore, emigration policies must recognize their effects on deforestation at the frontier-and their ...
The Effects of the Colombian Trade Liberalization on Urban Poverty Industry affiliation also plays a role. However, we find no evidence that the trade reforms reduced poverty via any of the above variables in a ... PK Goldberg,N Pavcnik - 《Nber Chapters》 被引量: 104发表: 2007年 ...
Toward Measuring Household Vulnerability to Income Poverty in the Philippines. The measurement of vulnerability, as in the probability that a house- hold becomes poor, is concomitant to the analysis of poverty. To estimate households'... Albert,RG Jose,Elloso,... - 《Philippine Journal of Develo...
However, estimates pertaining to the squared term are not significantly different from zero and the results are not substantially different from specification 1. This is the basic political unit in the Philippines, equivalent to a village. https://psa.gov.ph/content/female-headed-families-have-...
Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters: The Case of Typhoons in the PhilippinesInequalityNatural DisastersEducational SciencesHydrologySocial Protections & AssistanceThis paper builds on the existing literature assessing retrospectively the quantitative effects of natural disasters on different...
Finally, the adverse effects of rapid population growth on child health, and possibly on education, will likely increase poverty in the next generation. While the direction of the impact of these links is reasonably clear, whether they have a quantitatively important impact on poverty (...
The control of soil-transmitted helminthiases in the Philippines: the story continues Mary Lorraine S.MationgVeronica L.TalloGail M.WilliamsCatherine A.GordonArchie C.A.ClementsDonald P.McManusDarren J.Gray 98-98 Distribution of avian influenza viruses according to environmental surveillanee during...