Phılıppınes Poverty

epa02128625 A Filipino informal settler pushes a boat at a shantytown in Paranaque city , south of Manila , Philippines on 23 April 2010 . The number of Filipino families who feel poor has fallen to a level last seen 23 years ago , but hunger remains near the record high , according to a survey by a national pollster , Social Weather Stations ( SWS ) . The reason why self-rated poverty is relatively lowat the same time hunger is relatively high is because living standards have dropped so low that many families do not rate themselves as poor even if they suffered from hunger recently , the SWS said  EPA/FRANCIS R . MALASIG