Can science solve poverty?

WE continue to rave about the country’s stable economic growth and rise in ranking by various ratings agencies but we also continue to hear how this growth has failed to trickle down to the masses. After five years under the Aquino administration, inclusive growth remains exclusive to those who already have the most in life. A survey among the populace reveals a rise in self-rated poverty or the number of those who believe they are poor.

In this column, we give way below (after the asterisk) to an analysis which appears in scidev.net provided by Dr. Crispin Maslog, my former professor in grad school at the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, a former journalist, and an environmental activist with stints at the Press Foundation of Asia and the International Rice Research Institute.