Poverty to remain a serious problem in the Philippines: economists
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Poverty in the Philippines will remain a problem for years and government proposals to halve it by 2010 remain "unfeasible", according to economists.
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âOur advice is rather than having a straight line reduction [of debts], [the Philippine government should] try to achieve it earlier.
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President Gloria Arroyo acknowledged for the first time Monday that the Philippines was now in a &quot;fiscal crisis&quot;, as economists warned of an Argentinian-type debt default within the next three years.
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Economic growth in China and India has dramatically reduced the number of people in Asia subsisting below the poverty level of $1 a day, but the total remains in the hundreds of millions, the International Labor Organization said Tuesday.
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More workers than ever were living in poverty last year, and greater efforts need to be made to create more and better jobs if the world is going to achieve the target of halving poverty by 2015, according to a UN report released yesterday.
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NEW YORK - The devastation in southern Asian areas hit by tidal waves this weekend had far less of an economic impact than it might have, given the extreme poverty of many of the regions.
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The outlook for economic growth in the Palestinian territories remains tough, a World Bank report warns.
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The World Bank warns Cambodia that it needs to quicken reform to avoid severe economic problems.
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OUAGADOUGOU  - Robust U.S. economic growth will likely continue into 2005, but authorities should cut the budget deficit to reduce the risk to growth, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said.
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Two million Asians face falling into poverty as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Asian Development Bank says.
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President Arroyo acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the Philippines is in a &quot;fiscal crisis&quot; and urged the public to prepare for &quot;pain,&quot; as economists warned of debt default within three years.
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The Philippines is perceived by foreign businessmen as Asia&#39;s most corrupt economy, according to a survey Tuesday that also found countries were failing properly to tackle corruption.
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An estimated 2 million people in Asia are at risk of sinking deeper into poverty as a result of the Dec. 26 tsunami and its aftermath, with the harshest long-term economic damage expected in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, according to a study by the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank.
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Nearly 50 percent of Indonesia's population still lives on less than two dollars a day despite progress in recovering from the economic crisis of 1998 which plunged millions of people back into poverty, the World Bank said.
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The Philippine economyâs projected 4.5-percent growth in 2005 would be the slowest among developing Asian economies, fresh data from the World Bank show.
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MANILA : Philippine President Gloria Arroyo vowed the country will never default on its debt repayments, as she found herself embroiled in a public row with key economic advisers following her declaration that Manila was in a &quot;fiscal crisis&quot;.
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Nearly 10 percent of Australians are living in poverty despite a booming economy, a major new study published Thursday said, but its findings were disputed by Prime Minister John Howard.