PH aims to lift 10M out of poverty in 2 years

A top government official said on Friday that the government aims to lift more than 10 million people out of poverty in less than two years, and make an enduring impact on lessening one of Asia’s worst rich-poor divides.

The government has set a target of cutting the number of people living in poverty to 16.6 percent by the end of 2015, down from 27.9 percent last year, Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said.