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 ...

In 2022, the World Risk Index ranked the Philippines as the country with the highest disaster risk. What’s more, widespread poverty is a major obstacle to children reaching their full potential; girls ...

Guimaras has made remarkable strides to reduce poverty in the island province, records from the Philippine Statistics ...

Pervasive in-work poverty is the main challenge facing labor policy. The reduction of in-work poverty hinges on removing constraints to gainful employment in both supply side (better education and ...

In 2022, the year a new administration took over, the World Bank (WB) came out with an important report on the Philippines. While there had been important gains in poverty reduction, WB had said ...