PSA reviews poverty, food thresholds
The methodology for coming up with thresholds used by the government to determine poverty will be adjusted in 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority said, with the current food threshold deemed insufficient. — August 15, 2024
philstar.comExplainer: Who is poor? Here's how PSA classifies poverty among FilipinosThe number of Filipino families living in poverty has declined in 2023 compared to two years earlier, according to the results of the Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES).— August 15, 2024
gmanetwork.comP64 enough not to consider a Filipino 'food poor'A Filipino spending more than P64 for food per day is not considered food poor, National Economic Development Authority (Neda) secretary Arsenio Balisacan said.— August 15, 2024
sunstar.com.phBinay: 'Unrealistic' poverty stats can hamper government interventionsSenator Nancy Binay criticized the National Economic Development Authority’s food-poor threshold of P64 a day, calling it "unrealistic."— August 17, 2024
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