THE number of poor families declined to a record low in 2015, which will allow the Duterte administration to achieve its poverty reduction target for this year, the government said on Thursday.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that 16.5 percent of families were considered poor in 2015, compared with 19.7 percent in 2012 and 21.0 percent in 2006.

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