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The roots of poverty and overcoming it

JUAN dela Cruz and 20 of his neighbors in a remote village in southern Mindanao are rejoicing. They sell their mangoes every year to an ethical enterprise and receive high prices from them; they also ...
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Measuring poverty in the age of climate change

HOW we understand and measure poverty has evolved. From early income-based definitions, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s ...
MANILA (Reuters Life!) - Nineteen fuel price hikes so far this year have made life hard for many in the impoverished Philippines but few people are feeling the bite as sharply as drivers of the iconic ...