Families in Central Luzon were most affected by the increase in the poverty threshold, with an additional 190,900 or 46 percent, who became poorer in the last three years. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Families in Central Luzon were most affected by the increase in the poverty threshold, with an additional 190,900 or 46 percent, who became poorer in the last three years. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

COMMISSION on Population and Development (PopCom) regional economies with the most number of pandemic-plagued areas showed increases in their poverty threshold — well above their poverty levels in 2018 — and exhibited the collateral effects of the pandemic.

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