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Chronic and Transient Poverty

DP 2010-30
2010

The Philippines has been posting progress in terms of poverty reduction since the early 1990s. However, reversal in the trend was observed in 2006. Further worsening of the poverty situation is expected given the various economic and natural shocks (i.e., food and fuel price hikes; global financial and economic crisis; typhoons Milenyo, Reming, Frank, Ondoy, Pepeng; and the recent El Nino) that recently hit the country. Many households, especially those that belong to the bottom 40 percent, are deemed vulnerable to these shocks. Using a panel of households from the different rounds of Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) and Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) from 2003 to 2008, this paper examined the movements in and out of poverty among households. The study provided a description of the extent of chronic and transient poverty as well as the various household characteristics that discriminate among the different groups of households, including the chronic and the transient poor. A panel regression analysis was also explored to identify factors that can predict the income-based poverty status of households. Based on the descriptive and regression analyses, some insights were presented that can guide the government in the formulation of specific types of interventions to different groups of households, especially the transient poor. This is hopefully an attempt to recover the previous gains in poverty reduction and thus attain the MDG target of halving extreme poverty by 2015.

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  1. Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Connie and Joseph Anthony Lim, 2014 "Chronic and transient poverty and vulnerability to poverty in the Philippines: Evidence using a simple spells approach" , University Library of Munich, Germany

  2. Tabuga, Aubrey D et.al, 2011 "Dynamics of poverty in the Philippines: Distinguishing the chronic from the transient poor" , Philippine Institute for Development Studies

  3. Reyes, Celia M. et.al, 2017 "Crop insurance program of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation: Integrative report from the five case regions in the Philippines" , Philippine Institute for Development Studies

  4. Briones, Roehlano M. and Ivory Myka R. Galang, 2012 "Assessment of prospective impact of fruits and vegetables research at the industry level in the Philippines: The case of the ACIAR-PCAARRD horticulture project" , Philippine Institute for Development Studies

  5. Briones, Roehlano M, 2013 "Agriculture, rural employment, and inclusive growth" , Philippine Institute for Development Studies

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  7. Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Connie and Lora Baje, 2017 "Chronic and transient poverty and weather variability in the Philippines: Evidence using components approach" , eSocialSciences

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Tabuga, Aubrey D. Mina, Christian D. Reyes, Celia M. Asis, Ronina D. Datu, Maria Blesila G.
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