Poverty

Minimum Line
income/expenditure
required for a family/individual
to meet the basic food and
“Poverty
non-food Threshold”
requirements
$1.90 X 52 = 98.8 Php
 Absolute Poverty
Extreme poverty

Absence of enough
Resources to secure
basic life necessities
 Absolute Poverty
 "a condition characterized
by severe deprivation of
UNITED NATIONS
basic human needs, including
food, safe drinking water,
sanitation facilities, health,
shelter, education, and
information. It depends not
only on income, but also on
access to services."
"Indicators of Poverty and Hunger"
"Indicators of Poverty and Hunger"

Must not come solely

from rivers and ponds,
and must be available
nearby (fewer than 15
minutes' walk each way
"Indicators of Poverty and Hunger"

Sanitation facilities
 Toilets or latrines
must be accessible
in or near the
home
"Indicators of Poverty and Hunger"

Treatment must be
Health received for serious
illnesses and pregnancy
"Indicators of Poverty and Hunger"

 Homes must have

Shelter
fewer than four
people living in
each room.
 Floors must not
be made of soil,
mud, or clay
"Indicators of Poverty and Hunger"

Education
Everyone must
attend school or
otherwise learn
to read
"Indicators of Poverty and Hunger"

Information
Everyone must have
access to newspapers,
radios, televisions,
computers, or
telephones at home.
POVERTY IN THE
PHILIPPINES
(AN OVERVIEW)
 Causes of Poverty (Philippines)

 Low to moderate economic growth

for the past 40 years
 Low growth elasticity of poverty
reduction
 Weakness in employment
generation and the quality of jobs
generated
 Failure to fully develop the
agriculture sector
 Causes of Poverty (Philippines)
 High inflation during crisis periods
 High levels of population growth
 High and persistent levels of inequality
(incomes and assets), which dampen
the positive impacts of economic
expansion
 Recurrent shocks and exposure to
risks such as economic crisis,
conflicts, natural disasters, and
"environmental poverty."
Philippine Development Plan 2017–2022

• Create more and better jobs;

• Improve productivity in all sectors,
especially agriculture;
• Equip Filipinos with skills needed for the
21st century economy;
• Invest in health and nutrition;
• Focus poverty reduction efforts on
Mindanao
• Manage disaster risks and protect the
vulnerable.
Types of Government
Aid programs

• Entitlement programs
• Cash programs
• In-kind programs
Conflict-affected barangays are
provided P300,000.00 grants to
improve their access to quality
basic social services
“Government Incentive”

Form of Financial aid or

support extended to an
economic sector
• business
• Individual
• institution
Promoting economic and
social policy
Example of a Production Subsidy

• The United States

Encourages Federal to
suppliers
Government heavily subsidizes corn.
increase the production
• In 2010, U.S. farmers produced 32%
of the world’s corn supply on 84
million acres of farmland,

• Generating $63.9 billion in revenue.

Encourage specific
consumer behavior
incentive paid to agribusinesses,
agricultural organizations and
farms to supplement their income
 Support from the
government for products
that are exported
Encourages suppliers to
increase the production
Import subsidy Employment
subsidy

Tax Subsidy
Transport
subsidies
 Example

Government may give farmers

a subsidy of £10 for every
kilo of potatoes
You get help paying your
rent from the government
or a private organization
• Co-operative (co-
op) housing
• Non-profit housing
• Local Housing
Corporations
• Public housing
• Vouchers
 A tax system in which low-
income workers are eligible
for supplemental pay from the
government rather than
paying taxes.