The document defines poverty and discusses different theories of its causes. It provides data on poverty levels across Philippine regions as of 2012, with ARMM and Region 8 having the highest rates at 6950.9% and 5932.8%, respectively. The document also notes that over 25% of the Philippine population fell below the poverty line in the first half of 2014, with ARMM provinces ranging from 42-47% and Lanao del Sur having the highest rate at 68.9%.

1. POVERTY

2. REPORTERS :
• Lanang, Jecca O.
• Israel, Jurelou M.
• Lausa, Maryll B.

3. What is Poverty?
• Poverty is general scarcity, dearth, or the state of
one who lacks a certain amount of material
possessions or money.
• It is a multifaceted concept, which includes social,
economic, and political elements.
• Poverty may be defined as either absolute or
relative.
• Condition where people's basic needs for food,
clothing, and shelter are not being met.

4. • The state or condition of having little or no money,
goods, or means of support; condition of being
poor.
• The state of one who lacks a usual or socially
acceptable amount of money or material
possessions

5. Theories of Poverty
• Theory One: Poverty Is Individual
The right-wing view is that poverty is
an individual phenomenon. On this view, people
are in poverty because they are lazy,
uneducated, ignorant, or otherwise inferior in
some manner.

6. • Theory Two: Poverty Is Structural
The left-wing view is that poverty is
a structural phenomenon. On this view, people
are in poverty because they find themselves in
holes in the economic system that deliver them
inadequate income. Because individual lives are
dynamic, people don't sit in those holes forever.

7. Incidence of Poverty in the Phil. by
Region as of 2012
NCR
= 59.9
CAR
= 2311.1
Region 1
= 2256.7
Region 2
=1809.9
Region 3
= 1432.198
Region 4-A
= 1521.7
Region 4-B
= 1481.0
Region 5
= 3487.3

8. Region 6
= 2359.0
Region 7
= 3860.9
Region 8
= 5932.8
Region 9
= 3157.7
Region 10
= 4010.1
Region 11
= 1768.7
Region 12
= 2107.0
ARMM
= 6950.9
CARAGA
= 2729.2

9. Poverty in Metro Manila
• There are 586 slums in Metro Manila alone. These are
homes of the poor. But they remain the frontier for
evangelical mission work.
• The United Nations says that any person who lives on
less than USD1.25 (Php58) per day is poor.
• In the Philippines, the poverty level is USD 0.76 (Php38)
per day.
• 27.6 million Filipinos (33%) live below the poverty
standard.
• 12.2 million Filipinos (15%) live below the subsistence
standard.

10. Latest Phil. situation on Poverty
Poverty has always remained a critical social
problem that calls to be addressed.
Philippines latest poverty line for 2014 marks a
monthly per capita income of 10,534 pesos a
year.
According to the data from the National
Statistical Coordination Board, more than one-
quarter (25.8%) of the population fell below the
poverty line the first semester of 2014, an
approximate 4 per cent increase since 2013.

11. Poverty in the Phil.
• The report indicated that the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) ranked as the worst
national region with poverty levels in its provinces
ranging from 42 percent to 47 percent. The region
with the lowest incidences of poverty was the
National Capital Region (NCR), averaging around
3.9 percent.
• According to the NSCB, poverty rates are well
above 40 percent in 15 provinces and one city
(Catabato City is chartered and therefore not a part
of a province).

12. • The poorest province, Lanao del Sur, registered
68.9 percent poverty levels. The province with
the lowest rate was the 2nd District of the NCR
with 3.1 percent. The capital city of Manila,
located in the 1st District of the NCR, had a
3.8 percent poverty rate.