MANILA, Philippines — The biggest threats to the Philippines in the next two years are an economic downturn and poverty, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Global Risks Report 2025 ...

Even the World Bank (WB), in its 2022 report “Overcoming Poverty and Inequality in the Philippines,” recognised that the country has made strides in reducing poverty. “The Philippines has ...

Using the Family Income and Expenditure Surveys of 2003, 2006 and 2009, matched with rainfall data from 43 rainfall stations in the Philippines, the report found that droughts decrease food ...

It should be clear enough to us that our biggest problem is the high incidence of poverty and involuntary hunger among our people. Secretary Frederick Go, the President’s key economic adviser, says he ...