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Poverty level in Phl unchanged since ’06
By Ted Torres (The Philippine Star)
MANILA, Philippines - The percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line has remained almost unchanged in the past six years, according to the latest poverty data released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) yesterday.
The recorded poverty incidence for the first half of 2012 was 27.9 percent, slightly less than the 28.8 percent recorded in the first half of 2006, and 28.6 percent in the first half of 2009 and 2011.
The NSCB report on the 2012 first semester state of poverty in the Philippines showed that a family of five can be considered extremely poor if it is earning P5,458 a month or just enough to put food on the table.
The same family has to earn at least P7,821 if it wants to satisfy other non-food needs such as clothing.
In terms of income distribution, NSCB secretary general Jose Ramon Albert said that 20 percent of the population or the poorest segment accounts for only six percent of total national income, while the upper 20 percent accounts for nearly 50 percent of the total national income.
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Poverty incidence was highest in Mindanao and lowest in the National Capital Region as well as in Regions III and IV.
The poorest are in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with 46.9 percent poverty incidence, Region XII (37.5 percent), Region VIII (37.2 percent), and Region IX (36.9 percent).
Regions where poverty incidence has gone down are Caraga and Region I.
Considered the poorest provinces were Apayao, Bukidnon, Davao Oriental, Eastern Samar, Ifugao, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Maguindanao and Masbate.
Meanwhile, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said that the full year 2012 poverty survey would be released by the third quarter or in September this year.
Balisacan said an annual tracking of poverty incidence will now be done to allow the government to
By Ted Torres (The Philippine Star)
MANILA, Philippines - The percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line has remained almost unchanged in the past six years, according to the latest poverty data released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) yesterday.
The recorded poverty incidence for the first half of 2012 was 27.9 percent, slightly less than the 28.8 percent recorded in the first half of 2006, and 28.6 percent in the first half of 2009 and 2011.
The NSCB report on the 2012 first semester state of poverty in the Philippines showed that a family of five can be considered extremely poor if it is earning P5,458 a month or just enough to put food on the table.
The same family has to earn at least P7,821 if it wants to satisfy other non-food needs such as clothing.
In terms of income distribution, NSCB secretary general Jose Ramon Albert said that 20 percent of the population or the poorest segment accounts for only six percent of total national income, while the upper 20 percent accounts for nearly 50 percent of the total national income.
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Poverty incidence was highest in Mindanao and lowest in the National Capital Region as well as in Regions III and IV.
The poorest are in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with 46.9 percent poverty incidence, Region XII (37.5 percent), Region VIII (37.2 percent), and Region IX (36.9 percent).
Regions where poverty incidence has gone down are Caraga and Region I.
Considered the poorest provinces were Apayao, Bukidnon, Davao Oriental, Eastern Samar, Ifugao, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Maguindanao and Masbate.
Meanwhile, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said that the full year 2012 poverty survey would be released by the third quarter or in September this year.
Balisacan said an annual tracking of poverty incidence will now be done to allow the government to
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