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Watching out for UHC

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Yellow Pad By Jo-Ann Latuja-Diosana The Universal Health Care (UHC) bill is at its final stages. After a couple of preparatory meetings during the Congress break last October, the Bicameral Conference Committee is officially meeting tomorrow to reconcile the differences of the Senate and the House versions. At this rate, we can expect that the […]

Insights into the World Bank’s Insights

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Yellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III   The World Bank has come out with a Philippine poverty assessment report titled Making Growth Work for the Poor (2018). It works on the assumption, now an adage, that growth is a necessary but insufficient condition to reduce poverty. The publication has loads of information, drawn […]