Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices ...
MANILA—The percentage of people living below the poverty line in the Philippines has narrowed only slightly, despite robust growth of the Philippine economy over the last few years, according to the ...
Country Director for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand, World Bank Dr. Ndiamé Diop, from Senegal, is the World Bank Country Director for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. In this ...
Friends of Saint Mary MacKillop, Inc. (FSMMI), a Philippine-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering marginalized children ...
The number of Filipinos experiencing hunger has dropped, according to a survey by independent pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS). The drop comes as the World Bank also predicts a drop in the ...
The Philippines has been one of the world's fastest-growing economies over the past 15 years. Ambitious pro-competition ...
MANILA (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 statistics agency ...