Abstract:
Poverty is one of the oldest and fastest
spreading diseases of the nation. It has long been one of
the major problems of the country ever since. The research
has been to verify if the causes of poverty in the past is
still the same as with the present. Also, the subjects of
this study were classified into its appropriate levels of
living through the surveys conducted. And it was also
identified that the main causes of poverty are lack of good
job opportunities due to poor quality of education and nonaction
of the government to this sector of the society,
among others.
Metro Manila holds the biggest accumulation of
urban poor communities in the Philippines. Because of the
fast rate of out-migration from the provinces and other
rural areas, the population in Metro Manila became so dense
that most people ended up squatting. Thinking that there
will be better job opportunities and a better life waiting
for them in the metro, they take the risk of leaving their
comfortable life in the province. However, the research has
proven that their living conditions worsened. To address
this problem, the government should start implementing
projects that: will alleviate the living conditions of these
urban poor families.
