Those who say we just need to work harder are grossly mistaken. The people are not the problem. It is in how wealth is distributed in the first place. MBOpinions READ:
Up to now, there are those who believe that laziness is what’s behind the poverty and difficult life of many Filipinos. Jose Rizal already answered this charge in his time, but the fable still exists, infecting minds about the real reasons behind destitution.
2. “Unequal opportunities, lack of access to tertiary education and a scarcity of skills, coupled with inequality in returns to college education, gendered social norms and childcare, and spatial gaps, sustain inequality.” 5. “Employment in wage work has notably decreased and employment in agriculture has risen. These trends have been concentrated among youth and the least educated, which suggests an uneven recovery and widening income inequality.”
Other economists would argue that the WB barely scratched the surface of the issue. There are many other factors, structural and institutional, that perpetuate poverty and inequality. Labor centers have long argued that this regional minimum wage system has not lifted people out of poverty.
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