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 Poverty is a state or condition
in which a person or
community lacks the financial
DEFINITION

resources and essentials for a

minimum standard of living.
Investopedia

Poverty means that the income

level from employment is so low
that basic human needs can't be
met.
 Poverty is not having enough
material possessions or income for
a person's basic needs.
DEFINITION

TWO TYPES OF POVERTY

Wikipedia

• Absolute poverty is the complete lack of the

means necessary to meet basic personal needs.

• Relative poverty occurs when a person cannot

meet a minimum level of living standards.
 BASIC
MATERIAL
NEEDS
NON MATERIAL THINGS
CAUSES OF POVERTY Lack of Education
Why do we experience poverty?
Internal Riots and
Protests
Personal Reasons
Physical Disability
and Ill Health
Lack of Planning
Corruption
 Manila is the capital of the
Philippines. It has 42,857
people per square kilometer,
CONDITION

making it is the world’s most

densely populated city.
In Manila

Slums are scattered over 526

communities in all cities and
municipalities of Metro
Manila. 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
 Department of Social Welfare and
Includes the following: Development ( DSWD )

 Philippine Statistics Authority

( PSA )

 National Anti – Poverty

Commission
 ITS RESPONSIBILITY

It is the executive department of the

DSWD

Philippine Government responsible

for the protection of the social
welfare of rights of Filipinos and to
promote the social development.
DSWD PROGRAMS

It is the national  poverty

reduction strategy and a human
capital investment  program that
provides conditional cash transfer
to poor  households to improve
the health, nutrition, and
education  aspect of their lives. 
DSWD PROGRAMS

It is an information management system that

identifies who and where the poor are in the
country.

Listahanan aims to:
1. Establish an objective targeting system
2.  Reduce the leakage (inclusion of non-poor)
and under-coverage (exclusion of the poor)
in social protection programs and services.
DSWD PROGRAMS KALAHI - CIDSS

- Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-

Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of
Social Services

- It is one of the poverty alleviation programs of

the Philippine Government being implemented
by the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD).
Philippine Statistics
Authority
Its Responsibility

• It is the central statistical authority

of the Philippine government
that collects, compiles, analyzes and
publishes statistical information on
economic, social, demographic,
political affairs and general
affairs of the people of
the Philippines.
POVERTY COMMISSION
NATIONAL ANATI –

Its Responsibility

It was created by virtue of

Republic Act 8425, otherwise
known as the "Social Reform
and Poverty Alleviation Act,"
which took effect on 30 June
1998.
 There are 3.1 million homeless
people living in Manila. 
STATISTICS

One-tenth of slum dwellers live in

the capital of Manila.

Nearly 10 percent of the estimated

39 million Filipinos ages six to 24
is an Out of School Child and
Youth (OSCY) in Manila.
 There are an estimated 6,000 slum-
dwellers from 800 families living
in cemetery slums in Manila
STATISTICS

North. 

In Manila, 3.4 million children are

stunted with over 300,000
underweight, all of whom are
under the age of five.
STATISTICS
STATISTICS POPULATION IN THE PHILIPPINES 2018

20%

Philippine Population - 105,000,000

Filipinos living in Poverty -
26,000,000

80%
COMPARISON WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
POVERTY RATE PER PERCENTAGE

29

23.4 23.6
21.6

16.6

12.3 11.8
9.8

Poverty Rate

Philippines Indonesia Vietnam US 2017 and

2015 and 1999 and 2016 and 2018
2018 2018 2018
PROBLEMS AND ISSUES  Inability to Afford Housing

 Malnutrition

 Child Labor

 Crime and Thievery

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