Your Questions Answered: How Many People in Asia and the Pacific are Poor?
ADB statisticians Arturo M. Martinez, Jr. and Joseph Albert Nino M. Bulan answer questions about the number of poor people and nature of poverty in Asia and around the world.
Joseph Bulan
Associate Statistics Officer, ADB Statistics and Data Innovation Unit, Economic Research and Development Impact Department
Joseph serves as one of the focal persons for poverty and inequality. He is also part of the team compiling various indicators for the Key Indicators for the Asia and the Pacific report. Prior to joining ADB, he was a Statistical Specialist at the Philippine Statistics Authority where he also worked with the compilation of socio economic statistics such as poverty, MDG/SDGs and small area estimation. He earned his Bachelor of Statistics in the University of the Philippines, Los Banos.
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Your Questions Answered: Poverty and Cost of Living in Asia and the Pacific
ADB statisticians Arturo Martinez Jr. and Joseph Albert Nino Bulan answer questions on how the increased cost of living crisis threatens to push many back into poverty in Asia and the Pacific, based on their research for Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023.
Your Questions Answered: How Has the Pandemic Affected Asia’s Poor?
ADB statisticians Arturo Martinez and Joseph Bulan answer questions about how the pandemic has affected poverty in Asia, based on their research for Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2022 .
问与答:疫情如何影响到亚洲贫困人口?
亚洲开发银行两位统计师阿图罗·马丁内斯(Arturo Martinez)和约瑟夫·布兰(Joseph Bulan)根据其为《2022年亚太地区关键指标》所作的研究,解答了关于疫情如何影响到亚洲贫困人口的问题。
We are Just Now Discovering How Devastating COVID-19 Has Been for the Very Poor
To cope with the pandemic, Asia’s poor are missing meals and selling their assets. Governments need to target policies toward the most vulnerable in order to stave off long-term damaging impacts.
How Much Has COVID-19 Turned Back Asia’s Poverty Clock?
Without the right policies and programs, Asia’s poorest people could suffer needlessly as economies bounce back after the pandemic.
新冠疫情让亚洲贫困时钟倒拨了多少?
如果没有正确的政策和计划,在疫情过后经济反弹时,亚洲最贫困人群可能会遭受不必要的影响。