NEDA, tiniyak ang puspusang pagtugon ng pamahalaan sa ugat ng kahirapan sa bansa

NEDA, tiniyak ang puspusang pagtugon ng pamahalaan sa ugat ng kahirapan sa bansa;  Papel ng ‘Food and Poverty Thresholds’, ipinaliwanag din

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00:00The National Economic and Development Authority

00:03expressed its support to the government

00:05on the problem of poverty in the country.

00:08According to NEDA,

00:09Secretary Arsenio Balisacan,

00:11the government is celebrating the upcoming

00:13afternoon of every Filipino

00:15because of the rapid inflation.

00:17That's why President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.

00:19expressed his support

00:21that our countrymen can feel

00:23the results of the actions

00:25and changes that are being carried out.

00:28The Secretary explained that

00:30food and poverty thresholds are needed

00:32because it is an instrument

00:34of the government in building

00:36policies and programs against poverty.

00:39Balisacan insisted that

00:41the so-called thresholds

00:43should not be the basis

00:45for having a decent life

00:47or the basis for spending

00:49on a family.

00:51This is just a metric

00:53to know the current situation

00:55of our country.

00:57In addition, the government's job

00:59is to measure and monitor

01:01the poverty rate in the country

01:03every year.

01:05It needs a survey methodology

01:07that meets international standards.

01:09Meanwhile, Balisacan

01:11insisted that

01:13the prescribed food bundle

01:15should be returned

01:17so that it can be sure

01:19that the Filipino people

01:21are consuming the right food.