POVERTY

ALLEVIATION

Raymond Vincent A. Adriano

Edwina M. Arceo

Vivian T. Dabu

Irish G. Sanchez

Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Clark

What is poverty?

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/0..contentMDK:20153855~menuPK:373757~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSite

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POVERTY is hunger.

lack of shelter.

being sick and not being able to see a doctor.

not having access to school and not knowing how to read.

not having a job, afraid for the future, living one day at a time.

losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water.

powerlessness, lack of representation, and freedom.

What is the world’s response to

poverty?

http://www.endpoverty2015.org/en/node/1007

In September, 2000, 189 UN member-countries – rich

and poor alike – reaffirmed their commitment to

peace and security, good governance, and attention

to the most vulnerable with the adoption of the

Millennium Declaration.

The MDGs are a set of eight time-bound, concrete

and specific targets aimed at significantly reducing, if

not decisively eradicating, poverty by the year 2015.

What are the MDGs?

http://www.un.org/milleniumgoals/

Target 1.A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day

Target 1.B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

Target 1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

http://devdata.worldbank.org/atlas-mdg/

http://devdata.worldbank.org/atlas-mdg/

Philippine Situationer

The poor refers to individuals and families whose incomes fall below the official poverty threshold

as defined by the government and/or cannot afford to provide in a sustained manner for their

minimum basic needs for food, health, education, housing, and other social amenities of life.

(Republic Act No. 8425, Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act, enacted on December 11, 1997)

MTPDP 2004-2010

http://www.neda.gov.ph/ads/mtpdp/MTPDP2004-2010.html

Its basic task is to fight poverty by building prosperity for the greatest number of the Filipino people.

10-point program of the Arroyo administration

1. 10M jobs shall have been created

2. Everyone of school age will be in school, in an uncrowded classroom, in surroundings conducive to learning.

3. Balanced budget – right revenues collected and spending on the right things.

4. Linkage of the network of transport and digital infrastructure.

MTPDP 2004-2010 cont…

http://www.neda.gov.ph/ads/mtpdp/MTPDP2004-2010.html

5. Power and water shall have been regularly provided to the

entire country

6. Metro Manila decongested and established new centers of

government, business and community throughout the country.

7. Subic-Clark corridor become the most competitive

international service and logistics center in Southeast Asian

region.

8. Fully automated, credible elections.

9. Peace in Mindanao and all insurgency areas.

10. Closure on the issues of EDSA 1, 2, and 3.

http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg_watch.asp

MDGWATCH – Statistics on Goal 1 – Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

As of July 2010

Target 1.A Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of

people whose income is less than one dollar a day

Goals/Targets/

Indicators

Baseline

Target

Latest

Pampanga

Indicator 1.1A

Proportion of

population below

national poverty

threshold

45.3

1991

22.7

2015

32.9

2006

10.8

2006

Indicator 1.2

Poverty gap ratio

13.0

1991

6.5

2015

7.7

2006

1.1

2006

Indicator 1.3

Share of poorest

quintile in national

consumption

6.2

1991

increasi

ng

6.0

2006

7.4*

2006

http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg_watch.asp

MDGWATCH – Statistics on Goal 1 – Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

As of July 2010 Target 1.B Achieve full and productive employment and

decent work for all, including women and young people

Goals/Targets/

Indicators

Baseline Target Latest

Indicator 1.4

Growth rate of GDP per person

employed

1.6

1997

increasing -1.7

2009

Indicator 1.5

Employment-to-population ratio

59.0

1990

Increasing 59.2

2009

Indicator 1.7

Proportion of own-account and

contributing family workers in total

employment

51.3

1990

Increasing 42.6

2009

http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg_watch.asp

MDGWATCH – Statistics on Goal 1 – Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

As of July 2010 Target 1.C Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of

people who suffer from hunger

Goals/Targets/

Indicators

Baseline

Target Latest Pampanga

Indicator 1.8

Prevalence of underweight

children under 5 years of

age

34.5

1990

17.3

2015

26.2

2008 5.08

2008

Indicator 1.9a

Percentage of household with

per capita energy less than

100% adequacy

69.4

1993

34.7

2015

56.9

2003 55.1*

2003

Indicator 1.9b

Proportion of families below

national subsistence [food]

threshold

20.4

1991

10.2

2015

11.0

2006 6.4**

2006

http://www.nscb.gov.ph/poverty/2006_05mar08/table_14.asp

http://www.nscb.gov.ph/poverty/2006_05mar08/table_15.asp

Atty. Vivian T. Dabu

Leadership

Ateneo-Regis, AGSB Clark

ian8dabu@yahoo.com