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The Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (JCR) affirmed the Philippines’ investment-grade credit rating of “A-” with a “stable” ...
The Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (JCR) affirmed the Philippines’ investment-grade credit rating of “A-” with a “stable” ...
The Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (JCR) on Thursday affirmed the Philippines' investment-grade credit rating of “A-” with a ...
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The friction of poverty
In every corner of the Philippines, you’ll meet hardworking people who wake up before sunrise, commute for hours, work long shifts, then do it all again the next day – just to survive. And still, we ...
Reforming curriculum and boosting rural resources could break the cycle of generational poverty, one student writes.
A bill that seeks to institutionalize the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), a government program where ...
Sources: Deininger and Squire, 1996, and Philippines, National Statistics Office, 1994. Although an improvement in income distribution is often accompanied by a decrease in the poverty rate (absent a ...
The National Wage Commission (NWC) called on leaders of Congress to immediately convene the bicameral conference committee to ...
MANILA, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's ...