Paper Topic:

Poverty and inequal distribution of wealth in Philippines

Running Head : Philippine Poverty Inequalities

Poverty and Unequal Distribution of Wealth in Philippines

Abstract

The Asian country of Philippines has been once a great Tiger of Asia ' way back during 1993 . Many experts believe that Philippines has the most available natural resources to account for . However , looking at the people that resides in this country makes you wonder any possibilities of such claims . Regimes of ascendancy in the government have passed and improvements seem to be far out of reach . Degeneration of the economy is the subject that no Filipinos can

deny . The poverty is rising and the unequal provision of the said rich Philippine resources ' is happening

Poverty and Unequal Distribution of Wealth in Philippines

The claimed natural resources in the Philippines are indeed present The refining of these resources are the ones being questioned . Given that , the country has the most ready and enormous mines of natural resources , still the people of the Philippines , Filipinos , still suffer the quickening depths of poverty . There are a lot of factors to be considered in these situations . Every political regime always assumes development , provides their masterpiece of work and sticks their names evidently on these projects however are there really improvements in the economy ? Where are the rich natural resources they are talking about ? Are all Filipinos benefiting from this pool of sources or only ample groups of people ? The questions such as these still lies in every Filipinos and even to other nationalities . As for the analysis of this , the issues about wealth distribution and poverty are the ones to be discussed . The aims of this study are the answers of the following questions

What is the condition of poverty and inequalities in the Philippines

How are these poverty claims validated and what tools are being used

What are the probable etiologies of this poverty

Are there any programs being initiated or solutions in to combat poverty situations ? If so , define and justify their effectiveness

These are some of the questions involve in the poverty definition of this country . Sources view the Philippines having the subject prepositions of poverty (Glatzer , 2002 ,

.123 . The truth is very hard to accept especially if crude statistics of 40 percent of the Filipino citizens are living below the poverty line and 20 percent suffer food starvation . Considering this country as having vast natural resources the geographical and climatic advantages , the human resources , and the political and legal structures , however the mystery about poverty still exist (Barcelon , 2007 . The studies of some analysts have produced questionable growth that never last long enough in the Philippines . Such conditions are pointed out to be the cause of short life-span improvements , which are sizable dent in poverty and narrow income gaps Despite of the enormous account funds being spent by government units on anti-poverty schemes still , the poverty exists and seemingly developing (Son , 1997

The Condition of Philippine Poverty

Filipinos are in grave situations of poverty as of now . According to UNDP statistic last 2004...

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