PIDS: Energy crisis may push up to 3.1M Filipinos into poverty

MANILA, Philippines — Millions of Filipinos could be pushed into poverty as rising fuel costs, triggered by the Middle East war, strain household incomes, potentially reversing years of progress in poverty reduction, according to the state policy think tank Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS). In its latest policy note, the PIDS said the poverty

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