CIRJE-F-356 "The MDGs and Exit Time: The Case of the Philippines"
Author Name Sawada, Yasuyuki and Jonna P. Estudillo
Date August 2005
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Remarks @Subsequently published in Applied Economics 41(13), 1613-1620, 2009.
Abstract

This paper evaluates whether the Philippines will be able to halve the incidence of poverty between 1990 and 2015. Using the concept of exit time and household-level data, we found that the Philippines will be unlikely to do so.