THERE’S a quiet but real debate going on between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Aquino government about the real poverty situation in the country.

At one end, there is President Aquino and Neda director-general Arsenio Balisacan, who claim that the government has succeeded in reducing poverty incidence through its policy of inclusive growth.

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