Poverty in the Philippines: Causes, Constraints and Opportunities

• Main Author: Aldaba, Fernando T
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2009
• Subjects: Economics; Growth and Development
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/65; https://www.adb.org/publications/poverty-philippines-causes-constraints-and-opportunities
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge. In the past 4 decades, the proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined slowly and unevenly. Economic growth has gone through boom and bust cycles, and recent episodes of moderate economic expansion have had limited impact on the poor. Great inequality across income brackets, regions, and sectors, as well as unmanaged population growth, are considered some of the key factors constraining poverty reduction efforts.