Multilevel Pathways of Rural and Urban Poverty as Determinants of Childhood Undernutrition in the Philippines

Purpose: The aim of this research study is to evaluate the implementation of Alternative Learning System (ALS) curriculum offered to juvenile delinquents in urban and rural areas in the Philippines. The study also aims to determine whether the current education programs meet the needs of the juvenile delinquents with reference to Juvenile delinquency acts. The study is an attempt to highlight the aspects of Alternative Learning System (ALS) that should be developed. Approach/Methodology/Design: The study is qualitative and conducted in Marikina City and Rizal province, the Philippines. This study used exploratory study analysis. The respondents are the Alternative Learning System (ALS) teachers. For data collection, three semi-structured interviews were employed and the respondents’ answers were categorized using analytical coding to compare and analyze the implementation of the ALS curriculum for juvenile delinquents. Findings: The interpretation and analysis of the data collected shows that the ALS teachers from both the rural and urban areas have the same experiences on the implementation of the ALS program for juvenile delinquents in terms of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Furthermore, the teachers gave an emphasis that once the juvenile delinquents undergo the program, they are given a new hope and new direction in life to pursue their dreams. Lastly, the teachers from both areas have the same suggestions for the improvement of the implementation of the program, such as additional funds for the development of quality learning materials, increasing the number of learning centers, and designing various forms of assessment. Practical Implications: The study will contribute positively to the understanding of Alternative learning System. The significance of this study lies in the comparison of the alternative learning system curriculum and how it is implemented to the juvenile delinquents in urban and in rural areas. Originality/value: This study engages ALS teachers in assessing the ALS curriculum, reflecting actual experiences to meet the expectations and needs of the juvenile delinquents.

Urban poverty in India: Issues and perspectives in development

Social Change ◽

10.1177/004908570003000202 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 30 (1-2) ◽

pp. 8-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Amitabh Kundu

Keyword(s):

Credit Rating ◽

Urban Poverty ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

State Level ◽

The State ◽

Constitutional Amendment ◽

State Governments ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Urban Settlements ◽

The Government

The present paper examines the trends in rural and urban poverty, analyses the interstate variations and explains these in terms of socio-economic factors. It shows that rural poverty declines smoothly with economic development, which unfortunately is not the case with urban poverty. The availability of water supply, toilets and electricity, that are not explicitly incorporated in the official definition of poverty, has also been analysed at the state level as also across size class of urban settlements. It is argued that the small and medium towns have a weak and unstable economic base. As a consequence, most of these are not in a position to generate funds to provide civic services to all sections of population. These towns, particularly those located in less developed states, should, therefore, be the major concern of government policy. Further, overviewing the changing system of governance, it argues that the seventy-fourth Constitutional Amendment, has not succeeded in genuine empowerment of civic bodies. The power now seems to have shifted from the state governments to the financial institutions, international donors and credit rating agencies. Finally, the capacity of the government to generate employment directly through anti-poverty programmes would remain limited. The paper, therefore, recommends that the anti-poverty programmes should primarily be focussed on provision of basic amenities.

Filipino Farmers’ Awareness and Adaptation to Climate Change

International Journal of Applied Science ◽

10.30560/ijas.v1n1p8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. p8

Author(s):

Genalyn Panganiban Lualhati ◽

Shiela R. Lumbaga ◽

Nazarene Carlo M. Pagaspas ◽

Ma. Fatima N. Quimio

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Conservation Agriculture ◽

The Philippines ◽

Vital Role ◽

Adaptation To Climate Change ◽

Rural And Urban Areas ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

The Government

In the Philippines, agriculture plays a vital role because this sector can contribute a lot in the development of the economy. The value of documenting the agriculture growth annually and the problems encountered is being done by the government particularly, the Department of Agriculture (DA) to come up with interventions or programs to support the Filipino farmers, both in rural and urban areas. Hence, this study focused on determining the farmers’ awareness on climate change and their adaptation strategies in one municipality in Batangas Province. By employing mixed method through self-made questionnaire and focus group discussion, this study revealed that respondents are highly aware on climate change and the best strategy to use in adapting to climate change was conservation agriculture. The study offered recommendations that different authorities can employ to strengthen the farmer’s awareness and adaptation on climate change.

Mental health and well-being of the elderly living in urban poverty in the Philippines

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e627722013-680 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Jean M. Macalinao ◽

Iain K. B. Twaddle

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Urban Poverty ◽

Well Being ◽

The Elderly ◽

The Philippines ◽

Health And Well Being ◽

Elderly Living

Working Memory Differences Between Children Living in Rural and Urban Poverty

Journal of Cognition and Development ◽

10.1080/15248372.2013.797906 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 599-613 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Michele Tine

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Urban Poverty ◽

Rural And Urban

Regional road development, rural and urban poverty: Evidence from China

Transport Policy ◽

10.1016/j.tranpol.2008.12.012 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 15 (5) ◽

pp. 305-314 ◽

Cited By ~ 66

Author(s):

Shenggen Fan ◽

Connie Chan-Kang

Keyword(s):

Urban Poverty ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Road Development

Social Capital and Poverty in Two Rural Community, Sukamakmur Subdistrict, Bogor Regency, West Java

Jurnal Sains Komunikasi dan Pengembangan Masyarakat [JSKPM] ◽

10.29244/jskpm.1.4.421-434 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 421

Author(s):

Yemima Kristina Panggabean ◽

Djuara P Lubis

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Rural Community ◽

Rural Population ◽

Urban Poverty ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Poverty Level ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

The Government ◽

The Many

Poverty is one of the social problems that are complex and not easily overcome. Many of the programs organized by the government with the aim of improving social welfare and reduce poverty, both in rural and urban community. Poverty in the rural population is still relatively high, despite the many efforts made by the government and many who hope to reduce poverty. Many factors lead to or affecting rural poverty remains high. There is a new paradigm says that social capital has a relationship with poverty. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the level of poverty of the rural population, analyze the level of social capital, and analyze how the relationship between social capital and poverty level of the community. This research was supported quantitative qualitative data. The results of this study demonstrated an association between social capital with urban poverty. Key words: poverty, relationship, rural community, social capital====================================================ABSTRAK Kemiskinan merupakan salah satu masalah sosial yang sangat kompleks dan tidak mudah penanggulangannya. Banyak program yang diselenggarakan oleh pemerintah dengan tujuan meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat dan mengurangi kemiskinan, baik dalam unit desa maupun kota. Kemiskinan pada masyarakat perdesaan masih tergolong tinggi, walaupun telah banyak upaya yang dilakukan pemerintah dan banyak pihak yang harapannya dapat mengurangi penduduk miskin. Banyak faktor yang mengakibatkan atau mempengaruhi kemiskinan masyarakat perdesaan tetap tinggi. Ada sebuah paradigma baru yang mengatakan bahwa modal sosial memiliki hubungan yang erat dengan kemiskinan. Tujuan dari tulisan ini adalah menganalisis tingkat kemiskinan masyarakat perdesaan, menganalisis tingkat modal sosial, dan menganalisis bagaimana hubungan antara tingkat modal sosial dengan kemiskinan masyarakat tersebut. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif yang didukung data kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan terdapat hubungan antara modal sosial dengan kemiskinan masyarakat perdesaan.Kata kunci: hubungan, kemiskinan, masyarakat perdesaan, modal sosial

RURAL AND URBAN POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

MEDIA BINA ILMIAH ◽

10.33758/mbi.v13i1.144 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 835

Author(s):

Lia Rosida

Keyword(s):

Urban Poverty ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Economic Activities ◽

Literature Study ◽

Basic Service ◽

Study Approach ◽

Life Conditions ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

The Right ◽

Distinct Features

As poverty has been regarded as multifaceted involving financial and non-financial dimensions, defining poverty appears to be demanding especially when it is related to impoverishment in specific areas with particular characteristics. Consequently, in order to enable mitigation of poverty to obtain right solutions for the right situations in the right places, several factors of poverty need to be investigated through its classification into rural or urban poverty issues. Thus, this study aims at finding out urban and rural poverty issues regarding their several distinct features and similarities through literature study approach. Our finding reveals that rural poverty is considered much more extensive than urban poverty especially as it is related to difficulties in the infrastructural access/ basic service limitations to run the economic activities. However, although urban poverty is less extensive, the complexity seems to be higher than rural poverty due to unhealthy life conditions in addition to basic service shortages.

Poverty in Pakistan: A Region-Specific Analysis

THE LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS ◽

10.35536/lje.2017.v22.i2.a6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 139-163

Author(s):

Muhammad Idrees

Keyword(s):

Urban Poverty ◽

Rural Households ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Poverty Line ◽

Household Size ◽

Urban Households ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Specific Analysis ◽

Poverty Lines

Most of the earlier literature on poverty in Pakistan uses a single poverty line for the whole country or, at most, relies on a rural-urban divide. This segmentation fails to incorporate differences across provinces. This study estimates different poverty lines for the rural and urban segments of each province and region. Its estimated food, nonfood and overall poverty lines show that, with the exception of the capital territory of Islamabad, the urban poverty line is higher in all regions. The estimates of poverty show that, with the exception of Islamabad Capital Territory, rural poverty is much higher than urban poverty in all regions. We find that 25 percent of urban households and nearly 37 percent of rural households fall below the poverty lines we have defined. The study also finds that poverty measured in terms of households ignores household size and thus suppresses poverty figures.