Examining Recent Trends in Poverty, Inequality, and Vulnerability

Despite the many propoor policies, programs, and projects instituted, the country's gains in the fight against poverty have still been modest. This Note explains why and recommends that a comprehensive roadmap for economic development and poverty reduction based on analysis of historical trends and on a specific identification of goals and targets has to be drawn up.vulnerability, poverty, inequality, poverty reduction, Philippines

Evolutionary Weights for Random Subspace Learning

Ensemble learning is a widely used technique in Data Mining, this method allows us to aggregate models to reduce prediction error. There are many methods on how to perform model aggregation, one of them is known as Random Subspace Learning, which consists of building subspace of the feature space where we want to create our models. The task of selecting good subspaces and in turn produce good models for better prediction can be a daunting one, so we want to propose a new method to accomplish such a task. This proposed method allows for an automated data-driven way to attribute weights to variables in the feature space in order select variables that show themselves to be important in reducing the prediction error

Why Are some Filipino Children not in School?

What are the factors that contribute to the nonparticipation of children in school? Who are the ones accountable to this complicating issue? This Note identifies some factors and looks deeper into each of them.poverty, education, Philippines, carbon tax, carbon dioxide emission, school participation, out-of-school children

Some Issues on Low Participation Rates in Basic Education

Despite the various efforts to improve the Philippines` education system, why does this country still have low participation rates in education? What are the reasons behind the growing numbers of out-of-school children? What are the reasons for their nonattendance? This Note delves deeper into the issue.Philippines, basic education, school participation, out-of-school children

Trends in Household Vulnerability

This paper presents a few of the latest statistics on income poverty, growth, and inequality, and makes a case about the need not only to monitor current poverty, but also to reduce future poverty. An assessment of the trends in household vulnerability to income poverty is made for the years 2000, 2003, and 2006. Measurement of household vulnerability is based on the use of a modified probit model, income data from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey, as well as the official poverty lines. Policy implications about the vulnerability assessment are also discussed

Infrastructure and FDI Inflows Into Mexico: A Panel Data Approach

In December 1993, restrictions to foreign ownership across major Mexican economic sectors were abolished. This paper studies output, industrialization intensity, \ international infrastructure\ , and government expenditures on infrastructure as determinants of FDI inflows into Mexican states over 1994-2001. We conduct a \ general to specific\ estimation strategy across Mexican states. Telephone lines appear to be very important to FDI as their coefficients are around 2.0 in Random Effects Models. Industrialization is also important, with coefficients varying from 0.62 to 0.67. Allowing for endogeneity between FDI and real output, dynamic GMM panels confirm the robust effects of telephone lines on FDI. International infrastructure thus appears more conducive to FDI than domestic infrastructure, such as interstate and secondary roads. With international infrastructure being a major catalyst of FDI inflows into Mexico, we provide support to ongoing conventional wisdom promoting such type of investment

COVID-19 e home office: como a pandemia afetou as relações de trabalho e as consequências para a administração

O mundo foi pego de surpresa pela Pandemia do Covid-19. Fora os óbvios problemas de saúde que o vírus trouxe, o mercado de trabalho também sofreu os impactos da doença. Os responsáveis pela gestão de pessoas foram obrigados a elaborar uma forma para que as pessoas continuassem a exercer suas funções e o home office ganhou espaço no ambiente de trabalho. O presente trabalho dedicou-se a uma pesquisa bibliográfica, visando apresentar os conceitos e características do teletrabalho, em especial home office, e entender as consequências de sua instituição tanto para empregados quanto às organizações. Concluiu-se que o home office se mostrou alternativa que atendia as necessidades do momento pandêmico, conquistando assim a tendência de continuidade mesmo após a vacinação da população. Verificou-se também a necessidade ser melhor regulamentada, a fim de preservar direitos

Toward Measuring Household Vulnerability to Income Poverty in the Philippines

Concomitant to the analysis of poverty is the measurement of vulnerability. Estimates of household vulnerability to income poverty are developed using a modified probit model that considers volatilities in income as being explained by some household characteristics. Resulting vulnerability estimates are found to be higher than poverty rates, suggesting that policy interventions will have to be developed to minimize the risk households face in becoming income poor, or at least help them in mitigating the impact of their becoming poor