In search of a strategy for making growth more pro-poor in the Philippines
[with Nobuhiko Fuwa (Waseda University) and Fabrizio Bresciani (World Bank)]
The main driver of poverty reduction has shifted from agricultural to non-agricultural income growth in rural Philippines in the past two decades. Agricultural growth is still relatively more important (vis-à-vis non-agricultural growth), however, in reducing rural poverty in relatively more isolated provinces. Our results suggest that...