In a nation boasting one of the lowest unemployment rates in recent years, the rise of self-rated poverty to record-breaking levels presents a perplexing paradox. This is the reality the Philippines ...

Poverty incidence in the country is expected to continue to go down following improvements in the labor market performance ...

MANILA, Philippines — An up-to-date Philippine poverty threshold is set to come out in May 2025, according to Sen. Grace Poe.

The DSWD cannot do it by its lonesome but in close coordination with other agencies using a whole-of-government approach” The Philippine Development Plan ...

MANILA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government aims to reduce the country's poverty incidence to 13.2 percent or lower in 2025, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary ...

The poverty incidence in Guimaras dropped to 6.5 percent in 2023 from 10 percent in 2021, according to a Philippine ...

The Philippines gross domestic product expanded 5.6 percent year-on-year in 2024, missing the government’s 6 percent to 6.5 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Risks Report 2025 ...

Self-rated poverty and hunger spiked in the last quarter of 2024, according to a survey conducted by the OCTA Research group.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will contribute up to 100 million dollars to the oldest Phillipeno conglomerate, Ayala ...