Majority of Filipinos believe that poverty and corruption did not decrease in the last three years, according to results of the latest IBON nationwide survey. Respondents were asked if they think there was less corruption in the last three years, 3 out of 5 or 58.5 percent of the respondents disagreed. “Only 27.7 percent of the respondents said that corruption lessened,” Ibon said. The respondents were also asked if there was less poverty in the last three years. Only 18 percent said yes, while 7 out of 10 or 73.7 percent did not agree that poverty decreased, Ibon said. The latest Ibon nationwide survey was conducted from Oct. 16 to 19 among 1,500 respondents 18 years and above. The survey used a multi-stage probability sampling scheme and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent. Ibon said that the October 2013 round was a non-commissioned survey conducted across various sectors in 16 regions. On the first questionnaire: “In your opinion, is there less corruption in the country in the past three years?” The respondents showed a highest negative score of 58.5, while the affirmative scores 27.7; those answered in Don’t know got 13.8 score, while the No answer score was 0.1 score, for a total of 100 percent. On the second questionnaire: “In your opinion, is there less poverty in the country in the past three years?” The respondents who answered Yes got 18.0, while those who answered “No” got the highest score of 73.7 percent. Those who answered “Don’t know” had 8.2 percent, while those who answered “No answer” had 0.1 percent, for a total of 100.0. In Aug. 29, the office of the National Statistics Coordination Board posted that the domestic economy accelerated in the second quarter of 2013 to 7.5 percent from 6.3 percent recorded the previous year boosting the 2013 first semester growth to 7.6 percent from 6.4 percent in the first half of 2012. The second quarter growth is the fourth consecutive gross domestic product growth of more than 7.0 percent under the Aquino Administration. The resilient Services sector, which grew by 7.4 percent, remained the main driver of the country’s growth supported by the 10.3 percent and 17.4 percent growth of manufacturing and construction, respectively boosting the industry sector to grow by 10.3 percent. On the demand side, the growth came mainly from consumer and public spending buttressed by increased investments in Fixed Capital. External trade has been lackluster. The growth in the Net Factor Income from abroad at 2.7 percent together with the impressive growth in the domestic economy pushed the Gross National Income (GNI) to grow by 6.8 percent from 6.5 percent 2012. With projected population reaching 97.2 million, per capita GDP accelerated to 5.8 percent. Similarly, per capita GNI upped its growth by 5.0 percent while per capita Househo0ld Final Consumption Expenditure slowed down by 3.5 percent.
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