CWR argues that World Bank stats hide income inequality, low wages, and economic insecurity facing Filipino women.

The Philippines has officially hit upper-middle income, a milestone that took nearly four decades in the making. The next ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youths are pictured at at a slum area in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped ...

MANILA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 22.4% or 25.24 million people in the first half of 2023, the government's statistics agency said on Friday, from 23.7% in the same ...

On July 1, 2026, the World Bank reclassified the Philippines as an upper middle-income country, or UMIC, citing a gross national income per capita of $4,850. While policymakers celebrated the ...

RMIT University researchers will examine how improving agriculture can reduce poverty in conflict areas of The Philippines, thanks to a $AUS1.4 million grant. The ...

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Two clergymen have warned of increased hardship and a potential poverty disaster after the Philippine government announced it would implement strict Covid-19 lockdowns in the country’s poorest regions ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics agency ...