Naive use of rice to address rural and urban poverty
The clever, discriminating use of rice as a policy instrument to simultaneously address rural and urban poverty as described in the foregoing depends …
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De Lima files bill to institutionalize 4Ps anti-poverty program
By Mario Casayuran. Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has filed a bill seeking to institutionalize the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) as …
Clean and Green Bangladesh: A goal that can be achieved
“Think before you do, not after you’re done,” says a Bengali proverb that applies to an urgent threat today for Bangladesh—major environmental problems spawned by rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. A decade of strong economic growth helped…
An Giang Province to reduce number of poor households
The People’s Committee of An Giang Province on Thursday held a conference to evaluate the poverty reduction programme in the 2016-20 period.
How agribusiness can eradicate poverty
It is the example of Malaysia that can inspire us to implement one of the most effective solutions to rural poverty that the agribusiness sector can offer.
การลงทุนเรื่องความปลอดภัยทางถนนในเชิงเศรษฐศาสตร์
แม้ว่าประเทศไทยมีความก้าวหน้าในการบังคับใช้กฎระเบียบการจราจรและการรักษาพยาบาล แต่อัตราการเสียชีวิตจากอุบัติเหตุบนท้องถนนของประเทศไทยนั้นยังอยู่ในระดับสูงและสูงขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่องนับแต่ พ.ศ. 2552 เป็นต้นมา ในแต่ละปี ประเทศไทยมีผู้เสียชีวิตจากอุบัติเห…
The economic case for investing in road safety
Despite considerable progress in traffic enforcement and medical care, the road crash mortality rate in Thailand remains rather high and has been increasing since 2009. More than 24,000 people lose their lives on the road every year, and traffic inj…
Directors worldwide concerned about “poverty or income inequality”
In the global findings of the survey, social and economic concerns of “poverty or income inequality” were important for 45% of directors. Within the …
Federalism pro-poor, pro-provinces: DILG
“While we’re not discounting the good provisions in the 1987 Constitution, it had more than 30 years to fix the onset of poverty in the country but had …
Unitary government failed to address country’s problems, says Concom member
With this assessment, the DILG has firmly believed that federalism will fix the incidence of poverty and inequality in the country, contrary to claims from …
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