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MANILA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The poverty rate in the Philippines has declined by 5 percent but the World Bank (WB) stressed on Wednesday the need to provide more well-paying jobs especially to the 22 millions Filipinos who still live below the poverty line. The World Bank says in a new ...
MANILA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Poverty incidence in the Philippines has decreased 6.6 percentage points to 21.0 percent during the first half of 2018 from the adjusted 27.6 percent during the first half of 2015, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday. In terms of poverty in...
Last year, the Philippines had the most number of people who stood up against poverty in the Stand Up Against Poverty campaign, according to Minar Pimple, United Nations Millennium Campaign deputy director, who personally gave the good news to President Arroyo.To achieve 15 million people who ...
People, places, and questions: An investigation of the everyday life information-seeking behaviors of urban young adults 2005, Library and Information Science Research Show abstract Knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 among income-poor households in the Philippines: A cross-sectional study...
Philippines plans to lift millions out of povertyAFP &AP MANILA THE
The G20 launched the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty to support the implementation of country-led, country-owned programs aiming at reducing hunger and poverty worldwide, contributing to revitalizing global partnerships for sustainable development, according to the G20 Rio de Janeiro Leaders...
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- About 5.81 million rural families impoverished due to illness-related expenses have been lifted out of poverty since China initiated a new health insurance program in 2016, according to Wang Hesheng, deputy director of the National Health Commission at a poverty-alle...
to less than 55% in 2006-07, and its foreign-exchange reserves reached $16.4 billion as recently as in October (2008)." Here's an interesting OpEd published inthe Newsby Dr Ashfaque H Khan on how poverty statistics in Pakistan are fair game for the various "experts" with an ax to ...
How does China help rural economies prosper? Find out as China Daily follows the footsteps of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gansu province. Community action, grassroots industries and a determination to succeed are helping transform poverty into prosperity!