PH Anti-Poverty Efforts a Model for Emerging Economies--World Bank

Axel van Trotsenburg

Emerging economies across the globe can learn from the Philippines’ success in providing social safety nets aimed at uplifting the lives of the marginally poor, Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank vice president for East Asia and the Pacific, said. Investing in quality education and providing social protection for the poor stand out among the key policies to address rising inequality in the Asia-Pacific region, Inquirer.net.