In Mabini, Davao de Oro Province, indigenous peoples (IPs) used to manually produce only a few hundred kilograms of abaca fiber, which is used for making ropes, twines, fishing lines, and other marine ...

CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela (PIA) — In a move to assess the long-term outcomes of rural development efforts, the World Bank recently conducted a validation mission in Isabela province as part of its ...

The economic disparity of the nation’s rural and urban areas is a problem of long standing. Will the lessons of the pandemic finally lead to change? By Sammy Westfall LEYTE, the Philippines — For ...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., emphasized the importance of DTI in our nation’s economic growth, particularly in supporting MSMEs. (File Photo from DTI) Agriculture has been a top priority of ...

Extreme poverty is mainly a rural phenomenon. Four of every five people below the $1.90-a-day international income poverty line lived in rural areas in 2013 (Castañeda and others, 2018). Over the last ...