MalacaÑang on Wednesday said poverty incidence had gone down amid a recent survey showing that self-rated poverty remains at 50 percent.

Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda said based on the annual poverty indicator survey conducted by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), 2.5 million Filipinos have been moved out of the poverty level.

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