Over the years, poverty is being recognized as a key development problemin the country.
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According to the report from Philippine Daily Inquirerlast2008, 23 million Filipinos, or 27 percent of the Philippine population are livingbelow the new poverty line for Asia-Pacific.Even up to now, the government isstill dealing with the high levels of poverty and hunger as experience by thecitizens. Theconsistent period of existence of this situation becomes a threatwhich hinders the country’s development path since as poverty per sehappento be a drag to the growth of economic activities aspired by the leaders