Agricultural output and the states of poverty in the Philippines Evidence from self-rated poverty data

The high poverty incidence in the country is a major development concern that needs to be addressed by our policy makers. Official poverty data shows that headcount poverty increased to 26.5% of the total population in 2009 from 26.4% in 2006. The number of poor Filipinos reached 23 million in 2009....

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Published in:	Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology Vol. 33, no. 1 (Jul. 2011), 217
Main Author:	Mapa, Dennis S.
Other Authors:	Lucagbo, Michel Daniel C., Garcia, Heavenly Joy P.
Resource Type:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Poverty