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    Poverty is a serious problem in the Philippines that stems from both governmental and personal factors. Low to moderate economic growth over the past 40 years has limited poverty reduction despite some gains. Natural disasters and conflict also negatively impact the poor. While some jobs have moved from farms to cities, 22 million people still live in poverty, concentrated in large, uneducated families supported by one income. A new policy aims to curb population growth and poverty by making birth control readily available, allowing families to better plan their resources to support fewer children over time.

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    Poverty is a serious problem in the Philippines that stems from both governmental and personal factors. Low to moderate economic growth over the past 40 years has limited poverty reduction despite some gains. Natural disasters and conflict also negatively impact the poor. While some jobs have moved from farms to cities, 22 million people still live in poverty, concentrated in large, uneducated families supported by one income. A new policy aims to curb population growth and poverty by making birth control readily available, allowing families to better plan their resources to support fewer children over time.

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    Poverty is a serious problem in the Philippines that stems from both governmental and personal factors. Low to moderate economic growth over the past 40 years has limited poverty reduction despite some gains. Natural disasters and conflict also negatively impact the poor. While some jobs have moved from farms to cities, 22 million people still live in poverty, concentrated in large, uneducated families supported by one income. A new policy aims to curb population growth and poverty by making birth control readily available, allowing families to better plan their resources to support fewer children over time.

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    Poverty is a serious problem in the Philippines that stems from both governmental and personal factors. Low to moderate economic growth over the past 40 years has limited poverty reduction despite some gains. Natural disasters and conflict also negatively impact the poor. While some jobs have moved from farms to cities, 22 million people still live in poverty, concentrated in large, uneducated families supported by one income. A new policy aims to curb population growth and poverty by making birth control readily available, allowing families to better plan their resources to support fewer children over time.

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    Chyllsein Lith E.

    Tan Grade XI-Haswell

    Poverty is one of the serious problems of our country. We often blame the management of the
    government's leaders, but are they really to blame or are we Filipinos lazy? They say, "Laziness equals
    Poverty”, they are right, and so are the people who say the government is at fault.

    I was thinking that the problem of this issue is the economic growth of the government is
    decreasing.According to Asian Development Bank the main causes of poverty in the country are low to
    moderateeconomic growth for the past 40 years which it indicates that while the country has
    experiencedmoderate economic growth in recent years, poverty reduction has been slow. Inequality has
    remainedhigh, which mitigates the positive impact of growth on poverty reduction.

    Most of the Philippines experience massive typhoons and armed conflict. These scenarios are a real
    struggle for the everyday worker who, even after a long day, still goes back home poor. Due to these
    factors, many citizens end up leaving behind farm work and going to find work in manufacturing hubs in
    the urban areas of the country. These jobs outside the agricultural dome have accounted for two-thirds
    of the progress in reducing poverty in the Philippines.

    As of 2015, poverty in the Philippines was prevalent with 22 million Filipinos living in the depths of
    poverty. That equates to one-fifth of the population. Poverty presents itself in a vicious cycle affecting
    mainly the uneducated population who tend to live in large family units. These family units usually have
    only one head of the household who provides income for the entire family.

    One of the key strategies to help bring down poverty in the Philippines is providing birth control to the
    poor. In a radical move for the heavily populated Catholic country, the President made readily available
    birth control to nearly 6 million women who cannot afford it. Providing birth control is a powerful tool
    for families who now have full control over family planning. The hope is that by giving the women and
    family units more control, they will have fewer children. This, in turn, will mean that families can provide
    more responsibly. This new policy will help the government reach its goal of reducing poverty by 13% by
    2022. The current Filipino population is at 104 million and continues to rise at an alarming rate of 1.7%
    each year. This new law will enable families to control how many children they want. It will also hopefully
    take down the population rate to 1.4% each year once the law undergoes full execution.

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