The 2018 first semester poverty incidence among population, or the proportion of poor Filipinos, was estimated at 21.1 percent (revised from the 21.0 percent released last 10 April 2019). Moreover, the poverty threshold was estimated at PhP 10,…
In the first semester of 2018, a family of five needed no less than PhP 7,337, on average, to meet the family’s basic food needs for a month. This amount is the food threshold. On the other hand, no less than PhP 10,481, on average, was needed to…
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