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The document discusses poverty in the Philippines, where 16% of the population lives in poverty. It outlines government programs to address poverty such as universal healthcare and education initiatives. It also suggests how academic disciplines like social science, applied science, and business could further help reduce poverty through education, technology, and job creation.

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World Health Organization, 2019)

The document discusses poverty in the Philippines, where 16% of the population lives in poverty. It outlines government programs to address poverty such as universal healthcare and education initiatives. It also suggests how academic disciplines like social science, applied science, and business could further help reduce poverty through education, technology, and job creation.

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Nova, Nevan Keev V.

GERPHIS Y28

11900768 July 11, 2021

Paksa 3

Poverty is described as – The condition of being exceedingly impoverished. The state of


being of poor quality or inadequate quantity. The Philippines has 16% or 17.6 million of its
population living in poverty (Nichols, 2020). The reasons why the country has a relatively high
percentage of its population living in poverty can be attributed to a number of factors such as;
lack of quality education, lack of good jobs, overpopulation, and social injustices.

In an attempt to reduce poverty, the government has various programs to solve this
problem. The first project is the Universal Healthcare Act in February 2019. This is an attempt to
give quality healthcare to the marginalized by increasing PhilHelath’s budget in order to increase
service quality while lowering medical costs (World Health Organization, 2019). The second
project is the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in 2007 which gives cash and housing
assistance to qualified low-income households (The World Bank, 2017). The third program is
the The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act which was passed in 2017 in order
to encourage more individuals to pursue higher education and to address the issue of
educational inequality (Cepeda, 2018).

While there are existing projects by the government to reduce poverty, it is still lacking.
With this being said, there are various academic disciplines that can be used in order to more
quickly solve the country’s problem of poverty. For example, Social science can be used in order
to serve the country’s problem with poverty since education can help the marginalized in making
better decisions in their lives and also to give them the opportunity to have better jobs. In
addition to social science, applied science can be used in reducing poverty by utilizing
technology in helping the marginalized to have equal access to basic human rights such as
healthcare and education. Technology allows students from rural areas to have equal access to
quality education in real-time. Technology can also be used in order to provide the marginalized
with quality healthcare by bringing it closer to them through mobilization. This will help prevent
those who lack access to healthcare from experiencing fatalities caused by diseases. Lastly,
business academics can help in solving poverty by creating more jobs in order to help the
marginalized have more opportunities and money to better their lives. Also, the government can
partner with businesses in providing skill training to the marginalized sector which they can use
to build their own businesses or to possess the skills necessary to get better jobs.
References:

Nichols, Z. (2020, September 25). Combating Poverty in the Philippines. The Borgen Project.
https://borgenproject.org/poverty-in-the-philippines-3/
The World Bank. (2017, July 10). FAQs about the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/philippines/brief/faqs-about-the-pantawid-pamily
ang-pilipino-program
Cepeda, M. (2018, March 17). 8 things you need to know about the free tuition law. Rappler.
https://www.rappler.com/nation/things-to-know-free-tuition-law-irr
World Health Organization. (2019, March 14). UHC Act in the Philippines: a new dawn for
health care.
https://www.who.int/philippines/news/feature-stories/detail/uhc-act-in-the-philippines-a-n
ew-dawn-for-health-care

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