This is a presentation I give to visiting Japanese students, thus the Yen values

1. Philippine Poverty Leland Joseph R. Dela Cruz Development Studies Program School of Social Sciences Ateneo de Manila University

6. What is the NCR poverty line (2008)? P328.77 Y798.20 Family/ day* P10,000.00 Y24, 278.75 Family/ month P120,000.00 Y291,345 Family/ year* P65.76 Y159.64 Individual/ day* P2,000.00 Y4,855.75 Individual/ month* P24,000.00 Y58,269.00 Individual/ year* *Unofficial, self-computed

7. What is the Philippine poverty line (2006)? P206.29 Y500.78 Family/ day* P6,273.99 Y15,232.08 Family/ month* P75,287.85 Y182,785.00 Family/ year* P41.26 Y100.15 Individual/ day* P1,254.80 Y3,046.41 Individual/ month* P15,057.57 Y36,557.00 Individual/ year NSCB *Unofficial, self-computed

9. Poorest Provinces (2006) NSCB Poverty Incidence Tawi-Tawi, Mindanao 78.9% Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao 63.0% Maguindanao, Mindanao 62.0% Apayao, Northern Luzon 57.5% Surigao del Norte, Mindanao 53.2% Lanao del Sur, Mindanao 52.5% Northern Samar, Visayas 52.2% Masbate, Southern Luzon 51.0% Abra, Northern Luzon 50.1% Misamis Occidental, Mindanao 48.8%

10. Least Poor Provinces (2006) NSCB Poverty Incidence Batanes, Northern Luzon 0% Rizal, Adjacent to NCR 6.4% Bataan, Luzon 6.8% Cavite, Adjacent to NCR 7.8% Benguet, Luzon 8.2% Pampanga, Adjacent to NCR 8.3% Bulacan, Adjacent to NCR 10.0% Laguna, Adjacent to NCR 10.6% Nueva Vizcaya, Luzon 12.7% Quirino, Luzon 15.9%

11. Poverty trends NSCB

12. Philippine Poverty Incidence: Families (Percentage) NSCB 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 %

13. Philippine Poverty Incidence: Individuals (Percentage) NSCB 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 %

14. Gini Coefficient Philippine data: UNDP, 2004 as cited in Wikipedia Country Gini ratio Country Gini ratio Denmark 0.247 Hong Kong 0.434 Japan 0.249 Philippines 0.445 Italy 0.360 Mexico 0.461 India 0.368 Guatemala 0.551 U.S.A. 0.408 Namibia 0.743

15. Self-Rated Poverty Pulse-Asia June 2004 October 2004 March 2005 Philippines 70% 70% 70% Class ABC 37% 21% 35% Class D 68% 68% 69% Class E 84% 87% 82%

16. Self-Rated Poverty Pulse-Asia June 2004 October 2004 March 2005 NCR 52% 41% 48% Luzon 69% 69% 66% Visayas 71% 82% 80% Mindanao 80% 79% 81% Rural 73% 83% 82% Urban 66% 57% 58%

17. Self-Rated Poverty SWS

18. Summary Official Statistics Perception-based measure Poverty Incidence 25% 50-70% Poverty threshold P6,273.99 (Y15,232) a month P10,000 (Y26,623) a month

19. Access to basic needs Indicator % of population With access to safe drinking water 80.2% With sanitary toilet 86.2% With access to electricity 79.7% With own house and lot 64.9% With children 6-12 years old in elementary 91.2% With children 13-16 years old in high school 36.1%

25. The Economy Has Been Growing

27. Income Distribution 2006, NSO

28. Income Distribution

29. Income Distribution

30. Unequal Asset Distribution: Land Distribution 449 Landowners 30 Landowners 50% of land area 50% of land area

31. Land Distribution 449 Landowners 50% of land area 25% of land area 25% of land area 29 Landowners 1 Landowner

33. Inflation: Rice Prices

34. Self-Rated Hunger

36. Inadequacies at the Elementary Level Source: Basic Education Information System, DepEd

37. Inadequacies at the Secondary Level Source: Basic Education Information System, DepEd

41. Health Personnel by Location Source: Dr. Merceditas Santos-Tuano, former Executive Director, Healthdev Institute Rural Urban Midwives ~30% ~60% Nurses ~20% ~80% Dentists ~10% ~90% Doctors 62% migrate to other countries ~10% ~90%

42. Child Delivery Attendants (2003, NDHS)

43. Child Delivery Attendants by Income Quintiles (2003, NDHS)

44. Location of Child Delivery (2003, NDHS)

45. Location of Child Delivery by Income Quintile (2003, NDHS)

47. More than 8 million Filipinos are working in other countries

48. Destination of Overseas Filipino Workers

49. Destination of Overseas Filipino Workers

50. Employment Abroad

62. Philippine Poverty Leland Joseph R. Dela Cruz Director, Development Studies Program Ateneo de Manila University