World Bank2024-05-282024-05-282024-05-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41601Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are culturally distinct societies and communities. The Philippines is one of the few Asian countries that officially uses the term “Indigenous Peoples,” and IP rights are fully recognized under the Constitution and Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA). While the limited available evidence suggests that IPs remain among the poorest, most vulnerable, and marginalized populations in the country, there has been scant research exploring the relationship and intersectionality between poverty and ethnicity, or on the inequalities that exist within and among different ethnic groups in the country. The key constraint preventing a better understanding of IPs in the Philippines is limited data and information. This is a global problem, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007 has triggered a sustained call for better statistics on IPs. Since then, the Philippines has made some important strides in recognizing IPs and collecting data, but significant gaps remain. Data collection is challenging, and IP statistics are complex due to factors such as topography and logistical difficulties, language barriers, discrimination, conflict, and the tendency of IPs not to self-identify due to fear of stigma. Moreover, without proper data, it is nearly impossible to propose accurate poverty reduction strategies or to improve IP targeting for social programs. It is into this context that the No Data, No Story report enters, seeking to help fill some of the data gaps and offering new analysis on the country’s IP populations, their demographics, ancestral domains, and the interactions between land, conflict, and poverty.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOINDIGENOUS EDUCATIONINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINDIGENOUS GROUPS AND JOBSDATA CENTERSQUALITY EDUCATIONSDG 4DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTHSDG 8NO POVERTYSDG 1ReportWorld Bank10.1596/41601