posted on 2024-09-05, 22:19authored byRicardo G. Abad, Elizabeth U. Eviota
There seems to be a consensus on the basic configuration of
the Philippine poor. They are ill-fed, badly-nourished, inadequately.
housed, under-educated, and unorganized. What seems to
be the subject of much debate, however, is how they got to be that
way and how many they are. Let us consider each issue separately.