Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the PEACe Bonds

The Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe) Bonds successfully raised an endowment fund of 1.4 Billion Pesos in 2001.  This fund is being used up to now by the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) for poverty reduction projects of non-government organizations (NGOs) and people's organizations (POs).  From the income of the fund, PEF has been able to provide around 1 Billion Pesos since 2001 to support various anti-poverty projects while preserving its endowment fund.  Know more about PEF

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Published Ads on PEF's 10th Year:

PEF @ 10 Years: Winning the War Against Poverty, One Step at a Time

If you have P1.3 Billion, what could you grow?

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Published Articles on the PEACe Bonds:

"Controversial, unusual but legal, beneficial," Sixto Donato Macasaet, Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 23, 2011

"Truth About the PEACe Bonds," Eagle Eyes by Dean Tony La Vina, Manila Standard Today, November 9, 2010

"CODE-NGO on the PEACe Bonds," Letter to the Editor by Sixto Donato C. Macasaet, The Philippine Star, November 3, 2010

"Private Funding for Poverty Reduction," No Free Lunch by Cielito Habito, Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 21, 2010

Statement of CSOs on the PEACe Bonds, Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 11, 2002

Statement of the Money Market Association of the Philippines (MART) on the PEACe Bonds, February 13, 2002

"Poverty and Sustainability" and other articles by Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 2002

"A Positive Sum Game," by Winny Monsod, Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 2002