World Bank sees 2 million more poor Filipinos from pandemic
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 1 1:06 p.m., Sept. 29) — Around 2 million Filipinos would slide back to poverty this year because of the pandemic, nearly erasing gains over the past 5 years and making a rebound to pre-pandemic growth a struggle for the Philippines. The poverty rate could rise to 20.5% this year and 22.4% next year from the official 16.7% […]
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