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Eradicate
extreme poverty and hunger |
TARGET 1: Halve
between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people whose income
is less than $1 a day |
STATUS |
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The proportion of poor population decreased from 15.1% in
1990 to 11.3% in 1996.
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The poverty gap has not shown much change.
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The mean depth of poverty has varied from 10% to 28% since
1990. In 2002, the
mean consumption of the poor was 16.5% below the National
Poverty Line.
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Poverty is still largely a rural phenomenon. ABout 70% of
the poor live in rural areas.
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The persistently high population growth rate of 2.6% further
weighed down the growth of per capita income.
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As of 2000, there were 5.1 million poor families or 30.8 million
poor people.
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Poverty incidence is highly correlated with the level of educational
attainment. 3 out every 5 families whose head did not attend
school are poor. |
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Remarkable progress has been made in reducing poverty in the
country
* There has been dramatic decline on all the key poverty indicators.The
incidence of poverty from 1990 to 2002 dropped from 27.2%
to 9.8%.
* The quality of life of the poor has also improved.
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There are significant disparities across regions, between
groups and in the levels of income. |
| CHALLENGES |
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The poverty-related challenges are the striking disparities
among regions, provinces, districts and cities.
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A large proportion of vulnerable people are at risk of falling
below the poverty line with changes in their situation or
policy directions. |
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Spatial disparities and deteriorating peace and order situation.
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Rapid population growth.
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Poverty monitoring through the Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
(APIS) and the Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES).
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Strengthening safety nets. |
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Targeted budget allocation for poverty reduction is required,
especially in the northeast and the 3 southernmost provinces.
* Expanding the social security system.
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Decentralizing implementation.
* Employing analytical tools to improve targeting. |
| TARGET 2: Halve between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from
hunger |
STATUS |
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Child malnutrition has been decreased from 37.5% in 1989 to
24.6% in 2000.
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There has been a greater reduction in the number of moderately
and severely underweight children in rural than in urban areas.
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There is still a high proportion of people with insufficient
food.
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The aggregate food supply available in the country from domestic
production and imports more than satisfies consumption levels
of the population. Although readily available, may do not
have enough money to buy the food they need.
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Malnutrition is still a major threat to the Filipino child’s
survival
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There is a wide disparity of nutritional status of children
across regions. |
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With the exception of the crisis years, the proportion of
undernourished people declined steadily from 6.9% in 1990
to 4.2% in 2000.
* A National Nutrition Survey in 1995 indicated that 2nd
and 3rd degree malnutrition is negligible but 1st
degree malnutrition is high in the general population.
* The northeast region remains the lowest in terms of nutrition
rates compared to other regions.
* The National Nutrition Survey confirms continuous improvement,
but shows that 25% of the population remains underweight.
* As macro-nutrient deficiency has become less of a problem,
attention has focused more on micro-nutrient deficiency, especially
iodine, iron and vitamin A.
* School-aged children having iodine deficiency dropped from
3.3% in 1997 to 2% in 2001.
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Iron deficiency also dropped from 12.5% to 8.1% between 1997
and 2000. |
| CHALLENGES |
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Ensuring that the poor population, especially women and young
children, have adequate nutritious food at an affordable price. |
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Resurgence of malnutrition associated with increased poverty.
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Wide spatial disparities.
* Targeting of strategic areas and groups.
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Intensifying advocacy to LGUs (Local Government Units) to
address nutritional problem.
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Low use of iodized salts.
* Ineffective nutrition intervention mix.
* Increased occurrence of underweight and wasting among children;
vulnerability of 0-5 year old children; high iron deficiency
anemia across all population groups; Vitamin A deficiency
among pregnant and lactating women; high prevalence rates
of overweight and chronic energy deficiency; and protein energy
malnutrition. |
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Establishing and maintaining nation-wide nutrition data, including
a nutrition surveillance system for vulnerable groups.
* Undertaking analysis to formulate an approach to the emerging
nutrition concerns.
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Integrating nutrition education into schools and lifelong
learning programmes.
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Expanding and enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of
school lunch programmes. |
