NSTP

PROJECT
for
FINALS

Submitted by: Leo A. Gones Jr., GE-107, #16

Submitted to: Maam Doreen Sanchez.

Objective: To lessen about 100 people experiencing poverty in Pampanga

within 3 months.
Poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge. In the past four
decades, the proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined
slowly and unevenly and poverty reduction has been much slow.
Economic growth has gone through boom and bust cycles, and recent episodes
of moderate economic expansion have had limited impact on the poor. Great inequality
across income brackets, regions, and sectors, as well as unmanaged population
growth, are considered some of the key factors constraining poverty reduction efforts.
Some factors affecting the increase of poverty
Rapid population growth
Given that the population of the Philippines is increasing at a rapid rate of 1.7%
per year, this can be translated as an increase of more than 5,000 people daily in a
country that already has an increase of more than four million poor people since 1985.
In 1985, the absolute number of people living in poverty was 26.5 million. This
increased to 30.4 million in 2000 and from 2006 to 2009, increased by almost 970,000
Filipinos from 22.2 million to 23.1 million.
As the Philippines has financially limited resources and a high poverty rate, the
rapid increase in population has become a problem because there are insufficient
resources to support the population, which leaves much fewer resources to improve the
economy. From 2003 to 2006, even though the Philippines experienced above-average
economic growth, the poverty incidence increased as a result of its population growth
rate.
Unemployment
Poverty reduction has not kept up with GDP growth rates, largely due to the high
unemployment rate, high inflation rate and wide income inequality. The official rate of
unemployment for 2012 in the Philippines was 6.8 percent.

Causes of Poverty
The main causes of poverty in the country include the following:

low to moderate economic growth for the past 40 years;

low growth elasticity of poverty reduction;

weakness in employment generation and the quality of jobs generated;

failure to fully develop the agriculture sector;

high inflation during crisis periods;

high levels of population growth;

high and persistent levels of inequality (incomes and assets), which dampen the
positive impacts of economic expansion; and

recurrent shocks and exposure to risks such as economic crisis, conflicts, natural
disasters,and "environmental poverty."
Key Findings
The report's key findings include the following:

Economic growth did not translate into poverty reduction in recent years;

Poverty levels vary greatly by regions;

Poverty remains a mainly rural phenomenon though urban poverty is on the rise;

Poverty levels are strongly linked to educational attainment;

The poor have large families, with six or more members;

Many Filipino households remain vulnerable to shocks and risks;

Governance and institutional constraints remain in the poverty response;

There is weak local government capacity for implementing poverty reduction

programs;

Deficient targeting in various poverty programs;

There are serious resource gaps for poverty reduction and the attainment of the
MDGs by 2015;

Multidimensional responses to poverty reduction are needed; and

Further research on chronic poverty is needed.

Bibliography:
http://www.adb.org/publications/poverty-philippines-causes-constraints-and-opportunities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_Philippines

Activity

Person
Responsible

Resources

Time Frame

1. Parents
Orientation for
the cause of
Poverty

Gones Jr., Leo A.

Venue or the place,

projector,
microphone and
sound system

October 10

2. Free Medical
and Services

Doctor, nurse

Medicine, Small
Hospital

Every 10th of the

month

3. Child care
assistance

Assistant, associate

Department or
venue for children

October 15
November 11

4. Job
opportunities/
Job search
(Literacy or
Illiteracy)

Employer

Companies or small
stores that offer jobs
and works

November 15

5. Duty free
stores

Dealer, trader

Store, foods (needs)

October 10
January 10

Date: October 10, 2015 to January 10, 2015