De La Salle University - Manila

Pathfinder - Poverty in the Philippines

Scope Note:

“Poverty clearly is a matter of unmet human need.” (Source: Encyclopedia of Political Economy. HB 61 E54 1999. 2nd Floor, Information-Reference Section)

“Poverty means inability to secure the minimum consumption requirements for life, health and efficiency on account of insufficient income or property. These requirements include minimum human needs in respect of food, clothing, housing, education and health.” (Source: Dictionary of Economics. Kapur, Sudarshan Kumar. HB 61 K36 1997. 2nd Floor, Information-Reference Section)

Poverty is the “condition of receiving less income that the average individual or family, with no little or no prospect of increasing that income.” (Source: Dictionary of Business and Economics.  Ammer, Christine & Ammer, Dean S. HB 61 A45 1984. 2nd Floor, Information-Reference Section)

Broader Term:

• Philippines – Economic conditions
• Philippines – Social conditions
• Poor – Philippines
• Poor – Philippines – Pictorial works
• Poor – Philippines – Religious aspects
• Poverty – Government policy – Philippines
• Poverty – Philippines
• Poverty – Philippines – Statistics
• Poverty – Philippines – Statistics – Periodicals
• Poverty – Pictorial works
• Poverty – Religious aspects
• Poverty – Research
• Poverty alleviation
• Slums – Philippines
• Urban poor – Philippines

Narrower Term:

• Low income groups

Related Term:

• Basic needs
• Beggars
• Destitution
• Disadvantaged
• Impoverishment
• Legal aid
• Less developed
• Hardship
• Homelessness
• Hunger
• Income distribution
• Public assistance programs
• Social change
• Social classes
• Social problems – Philippines
• Subsistence economy
• Survival Strategies
• Vagrancy
• Wealth

BOOKS

References and texts located at Filipiniana Section, 4th floor are:

• Administration of justice : focus on the poor. Ric Tan Legada. JC 578 A35 1988
• Annual poverty indicators survey. HC79.P6 A5 1998-2002
• The Bangko Sentral & the Philippine economy. [Rafael Carlos B. Buenaventura, Vicente B. Valdepenas, Jr.]. HG3316 .B36 2005 .
• Basic services for the urban poor. Aprodicio A. Laquian, Exaltacion D. Ellevera, Stella P. Go. HC 460 P6 L36 1981 v.1
• Beyond poverty : a facilitator's community building education manual. Fe Andrea Collantes. HV 408 C66 1980
• Caring enough to cure. RA 541 P6 C37 1986
• Case studies on the implementation of the CIDSS : minimum basic needs approach : combating poverty through the Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS). Celenia L. Jamig ... [et al.] ; Victoria A. Bautista, Leonora R. Pedroso.    HC 79 P63 C36 1999
• Causes of poverty : myths, facts, and policies : a Philippine study. Arsenio M. Balisacan, Shigeaki Fujisaki. HC 460 P6 C38 1999
• Combating poverty through the Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS). Victoria A. Bautista. HN 713.5 B35 1999
• Confronting ill health : medicines, self-care, and the poor in Manila. Anita P. Hardon. RA 418.5 P6 H37 1991
• Coping and motivational patterns of urban and rural children in poverty areas. Teresita N. Naval.  HN 713.5 N3 1979a
• The debt crisis : a treadmill of poverty for Filipino women. Aida Fulleros Santos, Lynn F. Lee.  HJ 8802 S36 1989
• Depth of field : photographs of poverty, repression, and struggle in the Philippines. HC 460 P6 D45 1987
• Developing good governance : indicators for anti-poverty program assessment. Henedina Razon-Abad; Jose Ibarra Angeles. HC79.P63D4 2002
• Dignity and courage : the legacy : a tribute to all abandoned, abused, poor and orphaned children. Anni B. Helbig. HV 873 .H44 2002
• Enhancement of rural poverty research and anti - poverty strategy formulation - the Racacay experience : a sourcebook. HV 408 L62 1985
• Faces of Philippine poverty : four cases from the Visayas. Ricardo G. Abad, Rowe V. Cadeli and Violeta Lopez-Gonzaga, editors. HV 4145 A6 B62 1986
• The Fight against poverty in Southeast Asia NGO good practices in Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Fernando T. Aldaba.    [In-cataloging]
• Grace in Gehenna : exploring the socio-religious dimension of poverty. Joel Y. Bernardo. HC 460 P6 B47 1995
• The great Filipino dream. Immanoel J. DePedro. HC 455 D46 2000
• Going beyond income measures in mapping poverty. Exaltacion E. Lamberte, Melissa L. Reyes, Rommel M. Cabantog. HD7056 .L25 2003
• Growth, poverty, and income inequality in the Philippines. Arsenio M. Balisacan, Shigeaki Fujisaki. HC460.P6 G76 1998
• Has the Philippine Church been on the side of the poor? John Schumacher. HM 101 H85 no. 26
• Housing the urban poor : policies, approaches, issues. Ma. Lourdes G. Rebullida, Dolores A. Endriga, Geraldine M. Santos. HV 4145 A5 R4 1999
• Impact of agrarian reform on poverty. Celia M. Reyes. HD1333.P6 C37 v.7
• Integrated watershed management approaches to alleviating poverty in the Bicol region, Philippines : learning from past experience. TC409 .I57 2004
• Kahirapan at ideyolohiya sa panitikang popular : isang pagsusuri sa panlipunang implikasyon ng mga larawan at pilosopiya ng kahirapan sa maiikling kuwento ng Liwayway. Laura L. Samson. PL 6160 S35 1981
• Land, poverty and politics in the Philippines. M. Canlas, M. Miranda Jr., James Putzel. HD 1333 P6 C36 1988ba
• Landless peasants and rural poverty in Indonesia and the Philippines. Jean G. Rosenberg and David A. Rosenberg. HD 1537 I56 R67 1980
• No space in the city for the country's poor. Perla Q. Makil. HM 101 H85 no.14
• Participatory governance in poverty alleviation. Victoria A. Bautista. HC460.P6 P37 2003
• Partnership with the poor : the LRM approach to rural development. Emma Porio. HN 720 Z9 C6746 1990
• Perspectives on Philippine poverty. Arsenio M. Balisacan, [et al.]. HC 460 P47 1993
• Philippine poverty statistics : preliminary result. HC 460 P6 P49 2000a
• The Philippines, debt and poverty. Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo. HJ 8802 O47 1991a
• Poverty : a study through plays : reflections on the Philippine social condition. Evelina A. Pangalangan, Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio. PN 1643 P6
• Poverty : the Philippine scenario. Ruth S. Callanta. HC 460 P6 C35 1988a
• Poverty and basic needs :evidence from Guyana and the Philippines. G. Standing & R. Szal. HC 460 P6 S7 1979a
• Poverty and growth in the Philippines.  Reiner Richter. HC 456.5 P68 1989
• The poverty fight : has it made an impact? Celia M. Reyes. HC455 .R478 2003
• Poverty revisited : a social psychological approach to community empowerment. Carmela D. Ortigas. HC 460 P6 O77 2000
• Poverty, growth, and the fiscal crisis. Emmanuel S. de Dios, [et al.]. HV 408 P68 1993
• Poverty, urbanization and development policy : a Philippine perspective. Arsenio M. Balisacan. HV 4145 A5 B34 1994
• Prosperity building for the poor : National Conference on Prosperity Building for the Poor, conference proceedings, 25 June 2001, SGV Hall, AIM Conference Center, Makati City Philippines. Gerlin May U. Catangui. HC411 .N37 2001
• Readings in governance of poverty alleviation. Victoria A. Bautista. HC 79 P6 B34 2002
• The road beyond EDSA : the Post-Estrada Reform Agenda : [a conference], Manila Galleria Suites, 02 July 2001. HC79.P6 R6 2001
• Sanggunian sa maralita. Nilo E. Tanalega, Teodulo P. Gonzales. BF 637 C6 T36 1987a
• Second Philippines progress report on the millennium development goals. HC460.P6 S4 2005
• Securing rice, reducing poverty : challenges and policy directions. Arsenio M. Balisacan, Leocadio S. Sebastian, Vida Lina Esperanza B. Alpuerto ... [et al.]. SB191.R5 B268 2006
• Slum as a way of life : a study of coping behavior in an urban environment. F. Landa Jocano. HV 4146 M3 J6 1976
• Small area estimation of poverty in the Philippines. Statistical Mathodology Unit, National Statistical Office. [In-cataloging]
• Smokey Mountain : ravaged earth and wasted lives. Benigno P. Beltran. HV 4146 M3 B44 1994
• The Philippine poor I : two monographs. William J. Keyes, Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. HC 79 P6 K48 1982a
• The Philippines, debt and poverty. Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo. HJ 8802 O47 1991
• The rural poor in Leyte : a social and institutional profile. Pilar R. Jimenez, Josefa S. Francisco. HV 4145 A6 L45 1984
• Towards a new economic order and the conquest of mass poverty. Alejandro Lichauco. HC 460 P6 L5 1986
• Transaction costs of lending to the poor : a case study of two Philipine non-governmental organizations. Gilberto M. Llanto, Ronald T. Chua. HG 3751.9 P6 L54 1996
• Tuminding kahirapan at pagsasamantala : ang kalagayan ng kababaihan sa ilalim ng Philippines 2000 ni Ramos. HQ 1757 T85 1998
• Urban poverty morphology : phase I-RS-GIS applications : terminal report. HV4145.A5 U7 2001
• Urban poverty : the case of the railway squatters. [Elisea S. Adem].  HC 460 P6 A34 1992
• Welgang bayan : empowering labor unions against poverty and repression. Rosario Torres-Yu. HD8716.5 Y8 2003

Texts located at ADB Collection, Reference Section, 2nd floor are:

• Indigenous peoples/ethnic minorities and poverty reduction. Roger Plant. DS 523.3 I55 2002 v.5
• Poverty in the Philippines : income, assets, and access. Karin Schelzig. HC 460 P6 S34 2005

VERTICAL FILE
(Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor)

• Agricultural growth, landlessness off-farm employment, and rural poverty in the Philippines. Balisacan, A.M. VF 00404
• Annual Poverty Indicators Survey : what the public should know about the APIS VF 01953
• Basic services for the Philippines VF 01634
• Church of the people, Church of the poor.  Carlos, J. Ma.  VF 00480
• The debt crisis : a treadmill of poverty for Filipino women. Aida Fulleros Santos; Lyn F. Lee. VF 01499
• Empowerment of women : a strategy to fight poverty.  I.R.B. Borinaga. Policy Digest  4(1) : January-March 2000. p. 19+ VF 01902
• Expanding banking services to micro, small and medium enterprises and poor households in the Philippines. Lamberte, Mario B. PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2001-24. December 2001. VF 02067
• Fight against poverty intensified. Countryside Digest 22 VF 01087
• For the Christian education of youth and educational service of the poor. VF 00363
• Global healthcare : bridging the poverty gap. Ramos, F.V. VF 01823
• The impoverishment of the Filipino peasantry (or Philippine rural anti-poverty programs). VF 00459
• Inflation in the Philippines : Impact on poverty, household coping behavior, and public beliefs on price movements. Arroyo, Dennis. VF 00404
• Land for the urban poor. VF 00033
• Mga batas ukol sa maralitang tagalunsod VF 01966
• Microfinancing for the poor : experiences by government non-bank agencies. Policy Notes No. 98-05 : June 1998. VF 01824
• Million people on the move. Murphy, Denis. Insights into Asia : p. 27+. VF 01598
• Minimum wages and poverty in the Philippines. Pascual, Clarence G. VF 02095
• Monitoring Philippine poverty by operational social indicators. Mangahas, Mahar. Social Weather Stations Occasional Paper. June 2001. VF 02069
• Philippine poverty measured by the self-rating approach : review and analysis of 1981-1988 survey data and proposal for research. Manghas, Mahar. VF 01157
• Philippine urban situation analysis. Jimenez, Pilar R.; Javier, Ma. Elena C.; Sevilla, Judy Carol C. VF 01521
• Philippines : an opportunity for renewed poverty reduction. VF 01996
• Philippines development policy review : an opportunity for renewed poverty reduction. VVF0000496
• Philippines growth with equity : the remaining agenda : a World Bank social and structural review. VVF0000493
• Philippines poverty assessment, volume I : main report. VF 02048
• Philippines poverty assessment, volume I : main report. VF 02132
• Philippines poverty assessment, volume II : methodology. VF 02048
• Philippines poverty assessment, volume II : technical chapters. VF 02132
• Population and the fight against poverty. Orbeta, Aniceto C. VVF0000510
• Poverty and inequality measurements : an application of the Dagum model to the Philippine fies data. VF 00960
• Poverty assessment in the Philippines. VF 01911
• Poverty, fertility preferences and family planning practice in the Philippines. Orbeta, Aniceto C., Jr. VF 02147
• Poverty in the Philippines. Ramos, Ma. L.L. VF 02051
• Poverty in the Philippines : some measurements problems. Mangahas, Mahar. VF 00397
• Poverty in the Philippines : the impact of family size. Asia-Pacific Population and Policy 21 : June 1992. VF 01140
• Poverty, vulnerability and family size : evidence from the Philippines. Orbeta, Aniceto C., Jr. VF 02147
• Renewed commitment towards the Church of the poor in the light of PCP II. VF 00835
• Rural poverty and poverty programs in the Philippines. Quisumbing, M.A.; Cruz, M.C. VF 00435
• Self-rated poverty in the Philippines, 1981-1992. Mangahas, Mahar. Social Weather Stations. September 1993. VF 02069
• Subjective poverty and affluence in the Philippines. Mangahas, Mahar. Social Weather Stations Occasional Paper. December 2000. VF 02069
• The debt crisis : a treadmill of poverty for Filipino women. Santos, Aida Fulleros; Lee, Lyn F. VF 01499
• The government and its poverty reduction program : knowing who the poor are. D.G. Canlas. PIDS Development Research News 194 : July-August 2001. p. 10+ VF 01959
• The impoverishment of the Filipino peasantry or Philippine rural anti-poverty programs VF 00459
• What does it take to win the war against poverty in the Philippines? Balisacan, A.M. VF 01841
• Worsening poverty and intensified exploitation : the situation of women under the Philippines 2000 of Ramos administration. VF 01849
• The World Bank Group's Country Assistance Strategy for the Philippines, 2003-2005 : improving the lives of the poor through growth and empowerment. VF 02048

ADB COLLECTION
(Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor)

• Grant assistance (Financed by the Japan fund for poverty reduction) to the Republic of the Philippines for social protection for poor women vendors in Mindanao cities. August 2002. JFPR : PHI 36021
• Grant assistance (Financed from the Japan fund for poverty reduction) to the Republic of the Philippines for supporting the off-site and off-city relocation of vulnerable slum communities of Muntinlupa City project. December 2000. JFPR : PHI 00008
• Grant assistance (Financed from the Japan fund for poverty reduction) to the Republic of the Philippines for supporting the on-site integrated urban upgrading for vulnerable slum communities of Payatas project. December 2000. JFPR : PHI 00006
• Probing beneath cross-national averages : poverty, inequality, and growth in the Philippines. Balisacan, Arsenio A.; Pernia, Ernesto M. March 2002. ERD Working Paper Series No. 7
• Proposed grant assistance (Financed by the Japan for poverty reduction) to the Republic of Philippines for strategic private sector partnerships for urban poverty reduction in Metro Manila. September 2002. JFPR : PHI 35480
• Rice reforms and poverty in the Philippines : a CGE analysis. Cororaton, Caesar B. ADB Institute Research Paper 57
• Report and recommendation of the president to the board of directors on a proposed loan and technical assistance grant to the Development Bank of the Philippines in the Republic of the Philippines for the development of poor urban communities sector project. November 2003. RRP : PHI 32499
• Technical assistance (Cofinanced by the Government of New Zealand) to the Republic of the Philippines for improving poverty monitoring surveys. May 2001. TAR : PHI 34075
• Technical assistance (Financed from Asian currency crisis support facility) to the Republic of the Philippines for preparing the development of poor urban communities) November 1999. TAR : PHI 32499
• Technical assistance (Financed from the Asian currency crisis support facility) to the Republic of the Philippines for preparing the Metro Manila urban services for the poor project. November 2001. TAR : PHI 32658
• What else besides growth matters to poverty reduction? : Philippines. Balisacan, Arsenio M.; Pernia, Ernesto M. February 2002. ERD Policy Brief Series No. 5

THESES AND DISSERTATION

LOCAL
(Archives Section, 4th floor)

• Barangay 717 Zone 78, Leveriza 18 years after the Z.I.P. : a study of the residents' perceived quality of life. Hernandez, Cristina Reyes. TU-06780
• Comparative study of poverty planning of the Philippines and Thailand. Chua, Antonio; Cardeno, Joseph Antonio TU-05103
• An evaluation of the welfare effects of the NHA slum improvement program in Leveriza : the case study of Barangay 721. Pastores, Michael K.; Sagsagat, Elaine Bernalyn V. TU-03666
• Ang hugis ng kapangyarihan : pagtutunggalian ng mga uri sa walong nobelang Filipino [computer file]. Macapagal, Lualhati Sanchez. TG-03619
• Kakaibang kabataan : kagalingang akademiko sa gitna ng kahirapan. Manalastas, Michelle Marie E.; Pagsibigan, Sairiya Marie S.; Santos, Sheila A. TU-11250
• Kapangyarihan para sa maralitang taga-lunsod. Ang, Alvin; Besa, Leah Camille R.; Guizano, Elmer M. TU-8095
• Ang konsepto ng pagkalinga at mga karanasan ng nagtatrabahong ina sa kasalukuyan. Cheng, S.; Gonzales, Rhodora Velasco.   TU-6812
• The life aspirations of the urban poor in Ninoy Aquino compound, Barangay Sto. Nino, Paranaque, Metro Manila. Albino, Liezl R. TU-03648
• May tao, may tao sa ilalim ng tulay : mga mithiin ng mga maralitang taga-lunsod. Alcantara, Alexis A.; Dumadag, Ma. Theresa M.; Robleza, Aurora R. TU-05560
• Ang paggawa ko ng anak para sa iba : pag-aaral ng apat na kaso. Legaspi, Christina L.; Tanyao, Vina K.  TU-07717
• Perception of future apostolate and life style for the Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Poor in the Philippines, C. 2025. Tran, Margarita Binh Thi K.A. TG-02282
• Plastic : ang kuwento ng bagong barrio. Gatus, Ria; Tan, Andrea; Wong, Marivic. TU-08145
• Public indicators of poverty as seen in the socio-economic conditions of the society. Nicolas, Nerissa Rosanna. TU-6029
• A study on the the socio-economic factors affecting poverty incidence across regions in the Philippines : a cross-sectional analysis. Caparas, Rey Richard.; Ng, Roswell; Ong, Lovely Mirielle TU-10339
• Selected Metro Manila pavement families : their major problems and survival strategies. Elauria, Ruthlyn L.; Matti, Melvin A.; Tanada, Rochelle I. TU-06739
• A study on wages, choice of sector and poverty : the case of formal and informal sector workers in the Philippines. Fleta, Anna Monica R.; Flores, Joesil P.; Lee, Nancy P.; Lim, Mary Kathleen C. TU-12834

AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS
(Instructional Media Services, Ground floor)

• Bubungang pangarap [videorecording]. V002479, CD02236-CD02238
• Kwadradong daigdig [videorecording]. CD01417  (Fililipina CD)
• Mga maralita sa lungsod [videorecording] : may bagong silang, kapatid. V003172
• Sa wala [videorecording]. Chua, Mammu; Donato, Maricar Donato; Martines, Stevie. V001088

INTERNET WEBSITES
(Cybernook, Ground floor, Graduate corners, 2nd and 3rd floors)

Human Resource Development and Poverty in the Philippines
http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/dps/pidsdps0517.pdf
[Retrieved June 25, 2007:]
"Operates within the premise that poverty incidence can be affected in two ways: first by improving educational service to increase the productive potential of marginalized sectors and second by providing employment and income opportunities for the poor to afford quality education in order to compete in the labor markets."

National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) - Poverty Statistics
http://www.nscb.gov.ph/poverty/default.asp
[Retrived October 16, 2007]
Contains studies and statistics on Philippine poverty.

National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) - Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines
http://www.nscb.gov.ph/poverty/sae/NSCB_LocalPovertyPhilippines.pdf
[Retrived October 16, 2007]
"This report is part of the output of the Poverty Mapping Project implemented by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) with funding assistance from the World Bank ASEM Trust Fund. The methodology employed in the project combined the 2000 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), 2000 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2000 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) to estimate poverty incidence, poverty gap, and poverty severity for the provincial and municipal levels."

Poverty, Fertility Preferences and Family Planning Practice in the Philippines
http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/dps/pidsdps0522.pdf
[Retrieved October 16, 2007]
"This paper looks at the interaction of poverty, fertility preferences and family planning practice in the Philippines using the series of nationally representative family planning surveys". The study further reveals that "in the case of the Philippines, the larger number of children among the poor is more the result of poorer contractive practice rather than higher demand".

The World Bank - PovertyNet - Philippines
http://povlibrary.worldbank.org/library/country/136/
[Retrived October 16, 2007]
This websites provides an introduction to "key issues as well as in-depth information on poverty measurement, monitoring, analysis, and on poverty reduction strategies for researchers and practitioners."

Should you have comments or suggestions on this pathfinders, please call us at these telephone numbers, 536-0244, 524-4611 local 620 or email us through “Ask LORA”.

Compiled by: Mr. Wilfredo A. Frias Jr.
Date: October 2007