Define " unequal access to basic services"
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Poverty statistics reveal that absolute poverty has declined from 1985 to 1994. Notwithstanding this, inequity in the Philippines has grown since 1995. A notorious characteristic of attempts to alleviate poverty in the country is the tendency for benefits to go to the wrong hands.
After the relatively stable economic growth of the past four years, the next questions for the Philippines should be, first, whether growth has decreased poverty, and second, whether growth has been evenly distributed to the population. Although the questions seem redundant, there is reason to stress their difference. While the first was the focus of recent policy debates (World Bank 1996, A National Strategy to Fight Poverty), the second has been largely ignored. Indeed, relative poverty is often considered a serious problem only in developed countries; developing countries are more concerned with the level of absolute poverty.
One reason for distinguishing poverty and inequality is the conflicting performance of their respective indicators in the Philippines. Statistics reveal that absolute poverty has declined from 1985 to 1994. This is attributed to the break with the boom and bust cycles that had plagued the Philippines. However, the government’s record on equity is nothing to crow about. While the absolute poverty has declined with the head count index dipping to 35.5% for 1994, the ratio of the average income of the richest 20% to the poorest 20% increased in the period from 1988 to 1991 (see Table 1).
Technically, poverty and inequality are distinct concepts. One can conceive of a situation where all people are equally poor. Then policy should aim for economic growth. When the population is divided between the rich and less rich, redistribution is a more desirable objective. In developing countries, the distinction is blurred since both poverty and inequality are present; poverty may be caused either by poor economic performance or by unequal distribution of wealth.
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These goods and services include primary education, primary health, and basic infrastructure like roads, electricity, and irrigation. In contrast, inequality in the access to essential public goods (access inequality) heightens the probability of income inequality.
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