Philippine Institute for Development Studies(PIDS)

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your requestFebruary 11, 2025d today, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

We have received your request on The Many Faces of Poverty (All Volumes),February 11, 2025d February 11, 2025. We will respond and process your request on or before March 4, 2025, in compliance with the Executive Order’s implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding this request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal for request with ticket number #PIDS-962245527190.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Officer

Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated Feb. 11, 2025, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested the following:

· Access to copies of all volumes of CBMS-related publications from the PIDS library specifically, The Many Faces of Poverty

· Data on the population of each LGU for each CBMS data collection conducted

Response to your request

While our office aims to provide relevant information whenever possible, we regret to inform you that we do not produce the specific data you have requested. The PIDS Library also has a copy of the publication titled “The Many Faces of Poverty” (Volumes 1 to 5). However, these publications are not available online. To access these publications, you may visit the library in person. For any other library-related concerns, please send your inquiries to [email protected].

Furthermore, the project is under the DLSU-Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (DLSU-AKI). We suggest that you coordinate with DLSU-AKI for more information about the CBMS data used for the study.

Please check also with the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) for recent updates on CBMS data collection activities. The collection and handling of CBMS data has been assigned by the government to the PSA.

Also, please feel free to check other PIDS publications that are available on our website (https://www.pids.gov.ph/publications). You may want to visit the Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P) website (https://serp-p.pids.gov.ph/) to access research papers produced not only by PIDS, but also by our partner academic and research institutions.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Novie Salcedo

FOI Officer

Philippine Institute for Development Studies