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1.Whati
sthemaincauseofeconomici
nequal
i
tyi
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes?Basey
ouranswer
son
t
hecauseofeconomici
nequal
it
ies

I
nt hePhil
ippines,wheremor ethanaquarteroft
hecountr
y'spopul
ati
onof92.3mill
ion
l
ivesbelowt hepov er
tyl
ine,economicandsociali
nequal
it
yisamajorproblem.The
Phil
ippi
neshasoneoft hehighest r
atesofi
ncomeinequal
ity
 i
ntheworld,
andunless
acti
onistaken, t
hegapwi ll
cont i
nuetowiden.

Thesecausesar eoft
eninter
-r
elat
ed,non-l
inear,
andcompl ex.Amongtheacknowledged
fact
orsthatimpacteconomicinequal
it
yinsomepar t
sarethe l
abourmarket
,innat
e
abil
i
ty,educati
on,r
ace,gender,
cult
ure,wealthcondensat
ion,anddevel
opmentpatter
ns.

2.Whi
chareas/sect
orsshoul
dthegov
ernmentf
ocusont
oreduceov
eral
lpov
ert
yrat
ein
t
hePhi
li
ppines?Why ?

Afactorofsystemicpover
tyi
salackofaccesstoeducat i
oninimpoverishedar
eas.
Peoplegain 
basicski
ll
sandincr
easedjobopport
unit
iesthrougheducati
on, whi
chcan
helptocombatpov er
tyint
hePhili
ppi
nes,byt
argeti
ng educati
on,heal
thcareandthe
overal
leconomy .

3. Whatprogr
am/
swoul
dwor
kont
hesect
ory
ouhav
echosen?Gi
veatl
eastt
wo(
2)
examples.

Businessthi
ssectorcanrangef r
om thesel
f-empl
oyedcarpenterormom-
and-
pop
groceryst
oretothemulti
nationalcor
porati
onwithalocal
facil
i
t y
.

Lawenforcement. Thelocalandstat
epoli
ce,
thecourtsyst
em –judges,probat
ion
off
icer
s,prosecut
ors,court
-appoi
nteddef
enselawy
ers,court
-mandatedprogramsfor
off
enders,etc.