MANILA Nike Air Max 1 Por Mayor , Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The lack of jobs and corruption are major factors behind the slow decline in Philippine poverty rate, analysts said Monday.
University of Asia and the Pacific (UAP) economist Cid Terosa said the slow increase in the number of jobs is a key reason behind the slow pace of poverty reduction in the country.
"Poverty reduction has been slow because growth in the number of jobs has been slow and less inclusive," Terosa said.
University of the Philippines economist Solita Monsod said corruption is also making it difficult for the government to significantly reduce poverty.
"A higher economic growth rate will not translate into less number of poor people nationwide if inefficiencies in the government such as the pork barrel issue would persist," Monsod said.
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) released on Monday its latest report which showed a slight improvement in the country's poverty incidence last year.
In 2012 Nike Air Max 270 Por Mayor , NSCB said poverty incidence in the Philippines eased to 25.2 percent of the population from 26.3 percent in 2009.
Among Filipino families, poverty incidence also declined to 19. 7 percent last year from 20.5 percent in 2009.
But NSCB Secretary-General Jose Ramon G. Albert said the improvements are not "statistically significant."
Even Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan observed that the decline in poverty has been "slow."
Despite this, however, Balisacan said the government is not giving up its commitment to the United Nations under the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to reduce poverty incidence to 17.2 percent by 2015.
Former Budget Secretary and University of the Philippines economist Benjamin Diokno said Nike Air Max 360 Por Mayor , however, that halving poverty incidence by 2015 may no longer be feasible.
"The goal of cutting poverty incidence by half by 2015 is virtually beyond reach. For one, growth has been uneven. There is a big disparity between the share of the richest 10 percent of the population and the poorest 10 percent," Diokno said.
What would make it more difficult for the government to hit its MDG target is the spate of natural disasters that struck the country. The NSCB said the Philippines was hit by seven major natural disasters between 2009 and 2012.
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While higher economic growth could boost confidence in the country, Terosa said government must work double time to increase jobs.
"Also, public provisioning of goods and services has to be efficiently targeted," he said.
To move out of poverty Nike Air Max Off-White Por Mayor , data from the NSCB showed a poor family with five members needed a monthly additional income of 2,067 pesos (47 U.S. dollars) in 2012.
NSCB data showed that a Filipino family needed 5,513 pesos (125. 55 U.S. dollars) a month to meet its basic food needs and 7,890 pesos (179.68 U.S. dollars) monthly to keep from falling into poverty.
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SUVA Nike Air Max 97 Por Mayor , Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Fiji confirmed on Wednesday a typhoid outbreak in one of the islands in the Lomaiviti Group, one of the 14 provinces in the South Pacific Island state.
The Ministry of Health said in a statement that 13 patients who were diagnosed with typhoid on Moturiki Island have been treated with the required medical care and the Public Health Team continued to monitor the situation.
In consultation with the community, mass gatherings have been temporarily suspended in the hot spot areas as a preventative measure.
The ministry said the health team has taken prompt action to assist the communities in terms of strengthening the clinical management in accordance with the National Typhoid Guideline, with technical assistance provided by the Fiji Center for the Communicable Diseases Control Office.
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THE HAGUE， April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch government has to respect the resounding "No" in a non-binding advisory referendum on the Ukraine-European Union (EU) Association Agreement and will discuss the issue with related departments in the country and the EU， the government said.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in response that "The Netherlands will now not ratify the deal just like that." "We take it step by step. We need to discuss this first in the government， in parliament and with our partners in Brussels，" which will take days or weeks.
"If the turnout is above 30 percent with such a large margin of victory for the 'No' camp， then my sense is that ratification can't simply go ahead，" he said.
After 98.7 percent of the votes counted， around 61 percent voted against the agreement， while almost 38.2 percent voted in favor of the deal and 0.8 percent voted invalid. The turnout of 32.2 percent is above the 30 percent needed to make the referendum valid.
The electoral committee will officially announce the referendum result on April 12.
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