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The National Economic and Development Authority will release a new poverty threshold by May 2025, according to Senator Grace Poe .“In May 2025, a new data will come out but for now, we are still using those metrics,” Poe said during the interpellation for the 2025 proposed budget NEDA.During a Senate hearing for the 2025 budget, NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said a monthly food threshold for a family of five is 9,581 pesos, or about P64 per person.
“Isang kilong bigas at isang itlog lamang ang mabibili ng P64. Paano ‘yan pagkakasyahin ng indibidwal sa isang maghapon?” said Pamalakaya vice chairperson Ronnel Arambulo. Meanwhile, development organization IBON Foundation has called for a more realistic food poverty threshold.IBON executive director Sonny Africa emphasized the importance of accurate poverty thresholds in combating poverty in the country, stating that ambitious targets for poverty reduction come from realistic data on poverty.
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