The Many Faces of Poverty Volume 8 The Many Faces of Poverty: Volume 8 Copyright © PEP-CBMS Network Office, 2017 Prepared by Celia M. Reyes Anne Bernadette E. Mandap Jasminda A. Quilitis Steffie Joi I. Calubayan Jezha Lee Z. Nabiong Rachelle Gladys M. Audar Vincent Brylle W. Biñas Eva Salve T. Bacud Joshua D. Moreto ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—whether virtual, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise— without the written permission of the copyright owner. Published by De La Salle University Publishing House for the CBMS International Network Coordinating Team First printing, 2017 Published and distributed by De La Salle University 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines 0922 Tel. No: (632) 524-4611 loc. 271 Telefax: (632) 523-4281 Emails:
[email protected] Website: http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/offices/publishing-house/default.asp The De La Salle University Publishing House is the publications office of De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines Printed in the Philippines Acknowledgements The publication of this volume has been made possible through the PEP-CBMS Network Office based at the Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies of De La Salle University-Manila with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and the Department for International Development (DFID) of United Kingdom. CONTENTSCONTENTS i Foreword 1 Introduction 3 Explanatory Text The Many Faces of Poverty 9 Province of Albay 87 Province of Marinduque 135 City of Balanga 167 City of Candon 199 City of Marikina 231 City of Parañaque 263 City of Valenzuela FOREWORDFOREWORD The official poverty monitoring system (PMS) in the Philippines relies mainly on family income and expenditure surveys.