Feb 13, 2011

Poverty in the Philippines: Income, Assets, and Access

This book examines official income poverty statistics and trends, but then takes a more multidimensional approach in exploring questions of access.

The report looks at access by the poor to five important assets: human, physical, natural, social, and financial capital. The framework is built on the sustainable livelihoods approach, where vulnerability is a central concept.

Contents
Executive Summary [ PDF: 105kb | 8 pages ]
Revisiting the Poverty Problem [ PDF: 139kb | 5 pages ]

Analytical Framework [ PDF: 124kb | 8 pages ]
Fifty Years of Poverty Reduction
The Poverty Reduction Strategy of the ADB
Poverty Measurement Considerations


Income Poverty: Official Measures
Income Inequality
Relative Poverty
Subjective Poverty

Assets and Access Poverty [ PDF: 576kb | 30 pages ]

Human Capital
Physical Capital
Financial Capital
Natural Capital
Social Capital
Mapping Poverty in the Philippines

Achieving the MDGS in the Philippines [ PDF: 153kb | 14 pages ]

MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education
MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
MDG 4: Reduce child mortality
MDG 5: Improved maternal health
MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
MDG 8: Develop a global partnership for development
Opportunities and Challenges

Causes of Poverty in the Philippines [ PDF: 212kb | 23 pages ]

Economic Growth and Poverty
Employment and Poverty
Population and Poverty
Agriculture and Poverty
Governance and Poverty
Conflict and Poverty
Disability and Poverty

Government Poverty Reduction Programs [ PDF: 129kb | 10 pages ]

Major Poverty Programs, 19862004
Evaluating Governments Poverty Reduction Programs

Conclusion [ PDF: 104kb | 6 pages ]

Income Poverty
Assets and Access Poverty
Causes of Poverty
Improving Targeting
Areas for Future Research

Appendices [ PDF: 194kb | 25 pages ]
Appendix 1 - Poverty Measurement in the Philippines
Appendix 2 - The ADB-GOP Poverty Partnership Agreement
Appendix 3 - Participant List
Appendix 4 References

© 2011 Asian Development Bank

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