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Poverty alleviation
1. POVERTY
ALLEVIATION
Raymond Vincent A. Adriano
Edwina M. Arceo
Vivian T. Dabu
Irish G. Sanchez
Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Clark
2. What is poverty?
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.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/0..conte
ntMDK:20153855~menuPK:373757~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSite
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3. What is the world’s response to
poverty?
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.
http://www.endpoverty2015.org/en/node/1007
4. What are the MDGs?
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://www.un.org/milleniumgoals/
7. 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)
8. MTPDP 2004-2010
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.
http://www.neda.gov.ph/ads/mtpdp/MTPDP2004-2010.html
9. MTPDP 2004-2010 cont…
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.neda.gov.ph/ads/mtpdp/MTPDP2004-2010.html
10. 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
Baseline Target Latest Pampanga
Goals/Targets/
Indicators
Indicator 1.1A 45.3 22.7 32.9 10.8
Proportion of 1991 2015 2006 2006
population below
national poverty
threshold
Indicator 1.2 13.0 6.5 7.7 1.1
Poverty gap ratio 1991 2015 2006 2006
Indicator 1.3 6.2 increasi 6.0 7.4*
Share of poorest 1991 ng 2006 2006
quintile in national
consumption
http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/md
g_watch.asp
11. 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
Baseline Target Latest
Goals/Targets/
Indicators
Indicator 1.4 1.6 increasing -1.7
Growth rate of GDP per person 1997 2009
employed
Indicator 1.5 59.0 Increasing 59.2
Employment-to-population ratio 1990 2009
Indicator 1.7 51.3 Increasing 42.6
Proportion of own-account and 1990 2009
contributing family workers in total
employment
http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/md
g_watch.asp
12. 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
Baseline Target Latest Pampanga
Goals/Targets/
Indicators
Indicator 1.8 34.5 17.3 26.2 5.08
Prevalence of underweight 1990 2015 2008 2008
children under 5 years of
age
Indicator 1.9a 69.4 34.7 56.9 55.1*
Percentage of household with 1993 2015 2003 2003
per capita energy less than
100% adequacy
Indicator 1.9b 20.4 10.2 11.0 6.4**
Proportion of families below 1991 2015 2006 2006
national subsistence [food]
threshold
http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/md
g_watch.asp
