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                    [Title] => World Bank: Philippines can end poverty within a generation
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The World Bank said yesterday the Philippines can eliminate poverty within a generation as sustained economic growth in recent years has translated into more jobs and higher incomes.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-15 08:22:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1767321 [AuthorName] => Teresa Cerojano [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140922/blackout-manila-poverty-typhoon.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1412926 [Title] => World Bank cuts Phl economic growth forecast [Summary] =>

Slower government spending prompted the World Bank to revise downward its 2014 economic growth forecast for the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1438879 [AuthorName] => Kathleen A. Martin [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20150115/phl-economic-growth.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1303689 [Title] => Rice policy fails to meet objectives: WB [Summary] =>

Despite billions of pesos spent by the Philippine government to stabilize rice prices and supply, a lead economist of the World Bank said today that cheap rice remains inaccessible to the poor.

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The World Bank has revised upwards its growth outlook for the Philippines to seven percent this year, from an earlier forecast of 6.2 percent, even as the rest of developing economies in Asia face the prospects of slower growth.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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