World Bank: PH to miss 2028 single-digit poverty goal

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is unlikely to meet its target poverty rate of 8.8 percent to 9 percent by 2028, with nearly 28 percent of Filipinos still vulnerable to poverty, the World Bank said on Thursday. “As of this moment, we’re not projecting poverty to fall to single-digit levels by 2028, based on what we’ve