Trade and Poverty Issues: A Country Case Study of the Philippines

Sta. Romana, Leonardo L. (2017): Trade and Poverty Issues: A Country Case Study of the Philippines.

Abstract

This study begins with an overview of the poverty situation in the Philippines. It then takes a brief look at the poor in the rural areas, followed with a discussion of the poor in the informal sector. It then brings these two sectors together, with an examination of the poor and the urban/rural and formal/informal divides. It concludes with a discussion of the relationship among trade, poverty and the structural transformation of the Philippine economy.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Rural, informal sector, Asia, South East Asia, development economics, structural transformation, inclusive growth, unemployment, underemployment
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O53 - Asia including Middle East

References

Antonio, E. and Onodera, O. (2007), “Facilitating Trade and Structural Adjustment the Philippines: Experience in Non-Member Economies”, OECD Trade Policy Papers, No. 59, Oct.

Philippine Statistics Authority (2014), “Fishermen, farmers and children remain the poorest basic sectors”, PSA Media Release, 4th July.

Philippine Statistics Authority (2016a),“Poverty incidence among Filipinos registered at 21.6% in 2015”, PSA Media Release, 27th October.

Sta. Romana, L. (2017),“Sustainable consumption and production in the Philippines”, ch.10 in Schroeder, P., Anggraeni, K., Sartori, S. and Weber, U., (eds.) Sustainable Asia: Supporting the transition to sustainable consumption and production in Asian developing countries. World Scientific Publishing.

Winters, A. and Martuscelli, A. (2014) “Trade liberalization and poverty: What have we learned in a decade?”, Annual Review of Resource Economics 66(1): 493–512.

World Bank-World Trade Organization (2015) The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty, Washington, DC and Geneva: WB and WTO.