The Philippine poverty line does it really tell us who is poor?

There is a need to challenge official poverty discourse. For one, official poverty estimation in the Philippines is based on arbitrary assumptions thta keep the poverty threshold low,thereby reducing poverty incidence. In a country of high inequality and where the differences in incomes of a large s...

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Published in:	Philippine Journal of Social Development Vol. 4 (2012), 41-67
Main Author:	Raquiza, Maria Victoria R.
Resource Type:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Poverty reduction Poverty rate Poverty statistics