1. REVIEW: What are the names of the economic
organizations where our country is one of its
members?
• WTO- World Trade Organization
• APEC –Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
• ASEAN-Assoc.of South East Asian Nations
• UN-United Nations
• ASEAN-EU-ASEAN European
• WHO – World Health Organizations
• UNESCO-United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
• ESCAP- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific.

2. • How will you describe a person
who is not that well-off?

3. Developing/Developed

4. OBJECTIVES
• Discuss the reasons why people suffer
from poverty.
• Foster love and effective compassion for
the poor.

5. Activity
• Look for two sentences that will give an
idea that will determine the cause of
poverty.

6. He who has compassion on the poor lends
to the Lord, and He will repay him for his
good deeds.
Proverbs 20:17

8. CAUSES OF
POVERTY

9. Changing trends in Economy
• Services sector went up while
Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry
declined
• OFW’s and consumer spending
• Investments and Trade

10. LACK OF EDUCATION
• Lack of School Facilities and equipment
• dilapidated classrooms,
• poorly prepared teachers,
• lack of textbooks and
• good educational resources or references

11. Over Population

12. Interesting Facts About the Philippine
Population
• Other demographical information provided by the CIA (based
on 2012 estimate) are the following:
• 34.6% of people in the Philippines is composed of 0 to 14 years
old (17,999,279 male and 17,285,040 female)
• 61.1% of people in the Philippines is composed of 15-64 years
old (31,103,967 male and 31,097,203 female)
• 4.3% are 65 years old and over (1,876,805 male and 2,471,644
female)
• Population growth rate is 1.873% (2012 estimate), which makes
the Philippines ranks as the 63rd country with highest
population growth rate in the world.
• Manila is the most populated city in the Philippines with 11.449
million people. Next is Davao City with 1.48 million people,
Cebu City with 845,000 people and Zamboanga City with
827,000 people (based on 2009 estimated population)

13. Environmental problems in the
Philippines
• Over fishing and destructive fishing
• Coastal infrastructure development
• Deforestation
• Pollution

14. Unemployment
•
Philippines January 20131/
Jan-12
Population 15 years and over (in
000)2/ 63,682 62,683
Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 64.1 64.2
Employment Rate (%) 92.9 92.8
Unemployment Rate (%) 7.1 7.2
Underemployment Rate (%) 20.9 18.8
1/
Estimates for January 2013 are preliminary and may
change.
2/
Population 15 years and over is an estimate taken from the 2000
Census-based population projections.

15. BASED ON NSO SURVEY
• The unemployment rate in January 2013 was
estimated at 7.1 percent, which is similar to the rate
reported in January 2012 (7.2%). Unemployment rate
was highest in NCR at 9.5 percent and lowest in
Cagayan Valley at 3.3 percent. Among the
unemployed, 63.6 percent were males. Almost half
(49.3%) of the unemployed were aged 15 to 24 years.
• By educational attainment, one-third or 33.7 percent
of the unemployed were high school graduates, 13.1
percent were college undergraduates, while 16.9
percent were college graduates.

16. • List the 5 Causes of Poverty in the
Philippines

17. ASSIGNMENT
• Why poverty exist?
• How do it affect the lives of the people?