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  2. Income inequality in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    However, income tax also becomes a factor to income inequality because according to the Tax Management Association of the Philippines, Filipino workers pay the highest income tax in the entire Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. [69] An average Filipino worker is taxed 32% as long as he is earning more than the minimum wage.

  3. Poverty in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Poverty in the Philippines is a complex issue influenced by various factors, including economic inequality, corruption, and inadequate access to education. The disparity in income across different regions and sectors creates significant barriers for many Filipinos, limiting their opportunities for upward mobility.

  4. Digital divide in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Social media is a leading motive for Internet use in the Philippines, but Internet use also plays a big part in their political communications. The Philippine presidential election of Estrada is where Internet use for politics started to take form. [10] Due to the protests, Filipinos used Internet to display charges against Estrada. [10]

  5. List of Philippine provinces and regions by poverty rate

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    This is a list of regions and provinces of the Philippines by poverty rate as of 2021. The international poverty rate used by the World Bank is used in the following list. The national poverty rate of the Philippines was estimated to be at 22.4% in early 2023.

  6. Social inequality - Wikipedia

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    Gender as a social inequality is whereby women and men are treated differently due to masculinity and femininity by dividing labor, assigning roles, and responsibilities and allocating social rewards. Sex- and gender-based prejudice and discrimination, called sexism, are major contributing factors

  7. List of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development ...

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    This is a list of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), as published by the UNDP in its 2024 Human Development Report.According to the 2016 Report, "The IHDI can be interpreted as the level of human development when inequality is accounted for", whereas the Human Development Index itself, from which the IHDI is derived, is "an index of potential human development (or ...

  8. Squatting in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Urban areas in the Philippines such as Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao have large informal settlements. The Philippine Statistics Authority defines a squatter, or alternatively "informal dwellers", as "One who settles on the land of another without title or right or without the owner's consent whether in urban or rural areas". [1]

  9. Racism in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Map of the ethnic groups of the Philippines by province. Shade per province is determined by which group occupies the most in population. Racism in the Philippines is multifarious and emerged in various portions of the history of people, institutions and territories coinciding to that of the present-day Philippines.