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Standard Project Report 2016
Household income in real terms continuously grew.
However, armed conflicts and natural calamities including the highest number of typhoons ever witnessed during
the period of 2013-2015 have muted some welfare gains. The same trend was observed in 2016 alongside the
persisting global economic uncertainty combined with the effects of El Niño and the waning pre-election spending.
This was never more apparent than the country's failing to meet the Millennium Development Goals. Before
adopting the new Sustainable Development Goals introduced in September 2015, the Philippines only managed to
achieve those targets relating to food poverty, school participation, women empowerment, mortality of infant and
children aged 6-23 months, malaria morbidity, tuberculosis, and access to safe water as report