In search of a strategy for making growth more pro-poor in the Philippines

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The main driver of poverty reduction has shifted from agricultural to non-agricultural income growth in rural Philippines in the past two decades. Agricultural growth is still relatively more important (vis-à-vis non-agricultural growth), however, in reducing rural poverty in relatively more isolated provinces. Our results suggest that agricultural investments should focus on areas with underdeveloped infrastructure but with comparative advantage in agriculture. At the same time, non-agricultural income growth can be made more pro-poor by investing in mobility infrastructure and health, facilitating international labor migration, and lowering income inequality.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: UPSE Discussion Paper ; No. 2011-10

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
• Subject: poverty ; growth and inequality ; pro-poor growth ; role of agriculture ; the Philippines ; Asia ; Armut ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung ; Philippinen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fuwa, Nobuhiko ; Balisacan, Arsenio M. ; Bresciani, Fabrizio
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of the Philippines, School of Economics (UPSE)
• (where): Quezon City
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/93572
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET