POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES During the 1990s‚ the Philippines made significant progress in fighting poverty. According to the Family Income and Expenditure Survey of 1997‚ poverty incidence fell from 49.3% of total population in 1985 to 40.6% in 1994 and 36.8% in 1997. According to an ADB study conducted by Ernie Pernia and Arsenio Balisacan‚ however‚ the decline in poverty rates did nothing to improve the country’s notoriously inequitable income distribution. Despite the more-or-less sustained
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Background Poverty and inequality have been recurrent challenges in the Philippines and have again come to the fore in the wake of the current global financial crisis and rising food‚ fuel‚ and commodity prices experienced in 2008. he proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined very slowly and unevenly in the past four decades‚ and poverty reduction has been much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ Indonesia‚ hailand‚
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REACTION PAPER about poverty in a family in philippines: Life is a risking adventure. We commit a lot of obstacles and problems that sometimes pull our hopes down. Watching the documentary creates several feelings about the situations and it brings realizations after and while watching it. First of all‚ the documentary speaks about a family in Eastern Visayas wherein it reflects a serious poverty in the Philippines. The family experienced or still experiencing sufferings about their whole-life
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Poverty in the Philippines can be described in many ways. There are numerous stories that I have observed‚ researched‚ and heard about that paint a clear picture on how “poor” people in our country live their lives. I think that I should first mention my own perspective of what poverty is and who the poor people are in our country. I am confident that I can give at least a brief and general description of poverty because I come from Cubao‚ a place packed by multiple informal settlers and street
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METHODS OF DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS Description: A paragraph developed by detail‚ the topic sentence is supported by factual material‚ either sense impressions or conceptual facts. Almost all writing has some detail in it. The descriptive mode takes the whole (relationship‚ place‚ process‚ etc.)‚ breaks or divides it into parts or events‚ and treats each separately. The basic objective of descriptive writing is the depiction of the appearance of people‚ places‚ and things. The writer helps recreate
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Fast Food Facts: A Guide for Teens What is fast food and why is it so popular? Fast food is any food that is quick‚ convenient‚ and usually inexpensive. You can buy fast food just about anywhere that sells food and snacks. Vending machines and drive-thru restaurants are probably the most common places to find fast food. It’s so popular because for under $5.00 you can usually get a meal that’s satisfying. But fast food is inexpensive because it is usually made with cheaper ingredients such
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is not limited to businesses such as fast food restaurants‚ school and hospital cafeterias‚ catering operations‚ food carts‚ and bakeshops. The term “Fast food” is commonly attributed to restaurantssometimes known as a quick service restaurants or QSRs. It is a specific type of restaurant characterized both by its fast food cuisine and by minimal table service. The growing popularity of this type of restaurant resulted to changes in the world society. The fast food industry brought shifts to the
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“BATANG KALAKAL” From: Reporter’s Notebook on GMA News TV Poverty and Hunger are the most common reasons why there is “Child Labour” existed not just only in the Philippines‚ but also in other parts of Asia. Corrupt governance also caused poverty‚ that’s why there is a need for us to strive harder in order to survive. In reality‚ many people aren’t lucky to live in a descent and comfortable living. The short documentary bought several lessons to us Filipinos‚ especially to those teenagers. I
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Prohibition Fast Facts ● So convinced were they that alcohol was the cause of virtually all crime that‚ on i the eve of Prohibition (19201933)‚ some towns actually sold their jails. ● During Prohibition‚ temperance activists hired a scholar to rewrite the Bible by ii removing all references to alcohol beverage. ● The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) strongly supported Prohibition and its strict iii enforcement. ● Because the temperance movement taught that alcohol was a poison‚ supporters insis
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used a variety of data sources and methods to provide a comprehensive analysis of the U.S. fast food market. Through publicly available data‚ we thoroughly document and evaluate the menus and marketing practices of the nation’s largest fast food restaurants. Whenever possible‚ we used the same methods as our 2010 report‚ “Fast Food FACTS: Evaluation of the nutritional quality and marketing of fast food to youth‚”1 to measure changes over time. Our methods include analyzing the nutritional
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