Intersecting weather variability and chronic food poverty

Abstract

Despite the government’s various poverty reduction and social protection programs, poverty remains a social problem the country needs to hurdle. Moreover, most poverty studies in the country use cross-section data. As such, they only identify the poor at a given point in time and provide inadequate insights into the dynamics of poverty. This Policy Note aims to contribute to poverty studies in the Philippines by analyzing chronic food poverty and how it is affected by weather variability.