Poverty in the Philippines : causes, constraints, and opportunities

• Pubblicazione: Metro Manila, Philippines : , : Asian Development Bank, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (134 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.46
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - Philippines
• Soggetto geografico: Philippines Economic conditions 21st century; Philippines Social conditions 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES, BOXES, AND APPENDIXES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART 1 Executive Summary; PART 2 Introduction; PART 3 Poverty Profile; PART 4 Causes of Poverty; PART 5 Impacts of Poverty on Economic Growth and Development; PART 6 Institutions and Governance in the Poverty Response; PART 7 Summary of Key Findings and Recommendations; REFERENCES; APPENDIXES; TABLES; 1 Official Sources of Poverty-Related Data; 2 Poverty Incidence and Gini Coeffcient, 1985-2000; 3 Magnitude of Poverty in the Philippines Population, 1985-2000 ; 4 Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds, Poverty Incidence, and Magnitude of Poor Families: 2000, 2003, and 20065 Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds, Poverty Incidence, and Magnitude of Poor Population: 2000, 2003, and 2006; 6 Ranking of Poorest Provinces in the Philippines, 2003 and 2006; 7 Poorest 20 Municipalities in the Philippines, 2003; 8 Poverty Incidence and Magnitude by Island Grouping; 9 Provinces with the Largest Numbers of Poor People; 10 Annual Per Capita Food Thresholds, Subsistence Incidence, and Magnitude Subsistence of Poor Families: 2000, 2003, and 2006 ; 11 Distribution of Poor and Nonpoor Households in Urban and Rural Areas, 200612 Income Gap, Poverty Gap, and Severity by Regions; 13 Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Population by Sector, 2000 and 2003; 14 Distribution of Poor and Nonpoor Households by Family Size; 15 Distribution of Poor and Nonpoor Households by Sector of Work of Household Head; 16 Distribution of Poor and Nonpoor Households by Occupation of Household Head; 17 Components of Per Capita Income of Households, 1997-2006; 18 Percentage of Families with Access to Minimum Basic Needs, by Income Strata, 2002 and 2004 ; 19 Income Inequality, 1985-2006 (Gini Ratio)20 Comparative Inequality Indicators, Latin America versus Association of Southeast Asian Nations; 21 Chronic Poverty Among Poor Filipino Households: Perceived Length of Poverty; 22 Survey Data on Chronic Poverty: Recency of Poverty; 23 Distribution of Households by Poverty and Vulnerability Status; 24 Average Household Size by Poverty and Vulnerability Status, 1997 Philippines Family Income and Expenditure Survey; 25 Philippine Ranking Comparison with Other Countries-Human Development Index 2005 ; 26 Selected Indicators of Human Poverty for the Philippines, 200427 Millennium Development Goals and Targets; 28 Status by Millennium Development Goals and Regions; 29 Average Gross Domestic Product Growth Rates, 1960-2007; 30 Comparative Headcount Index and Number of Poor in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; 31 Changes in Poverty Incidence for Selected Countries, 1960-1990; 32 Growth Elasticity of Poverty Reduction; 33 ADB Projections for Poverty Incidence by 2020; 34 Philippines Growth Forecast for 2009 (as of April); 35 Unemployment Rates in East Asia, 2003-2007 ; 36 Sector Employment Shares
• Titolo autorizzato: Poverty in the Philippines
• ISBN: 92-9254-741-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460000903321
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