ABOUT THE BOOK: Pro-Poor Development Policies: Lessons from the Philippines and East Asia is a collection of 25 essays on Philippine economic development, written by eminent scholars, to honor the illustrious academic and public service of Arsenio

Structural transformation in Southeast Asia poses challenges to the regions' food security and inclusive agricultural growth agenda.

人間の安全保障と質の高い成長へ向けて、日本は世界規模での貧困削減、農業・農村開発、人類の健康と栄養の向上に貢献している。国際食糧政策研究所（IFPRI）も研究の成果をもとに、貧困、飢餓と栄養不足を持続可能なかたちで削減させるための政策提言を通じて、同じ目標に向かっている。日本は、30年以上にわたりアフリカとアジアにおいて、IFPRIと連携し、農業の近代化から開発能力の向上、そして栄養の改善といった様々な共通の課題への取り組みを支援してきた。

For more than 30 years, Japan has partnered with IFPRI in Africa and Asia, providing support for areas of shared concern

The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention co

Being a nation of many islands spanning a consider-able range of latitudes, the Philippines is noted for its climatic and ecological diversity.

It has been widely shown for most countries that high productivity growth in the agricultural sector is a key driver of structural transformation to promote long-term economic growth.

"The two anthropometric indicators of acute malnutrition in children under 5 years, i.e. a Mid-Upper Arm Circumference < 125 mm (MUAC ₁₂₅ ) or a Weight-for-Height Z-score<−2 (WHZ ₋₂ ), correlate poorly.

Fertilizer policy in the country has evolved from pervasive interventionism in the 1970s to today's market-oriented regime.

The Philippines is an island nation, comprised of 7,107 islands that are split into 3 geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Does a restrictive foreign trade regime reduce the effectiveness of agricultural productivity growth in promoting overall income growth and equity?

The Philippine growth experience may be described as a case of agriculture-led development that failed.