Province of Romblon - UNDP in the Philippines
Province of Romblon - UNDP in the Philippines
Province of Romblon - UNDP in the Philippines
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<strong>Prov<strong>in</strong>ce</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Romblon</strong><br />
Part 2. Status Report<br />
on <strong>the</strong> Millennium<br />
Development Goals<br />
Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme<br />
Poverty and Hunger<br />
Target 1.A : Halve between 1990 and<br />
2015, <strong>the</strong> proportion <strong>of</strong> people whose<br />
<strong>in</strong>come is less than one dollar a day.<br />
A. Status and Trends<br />
Proportion <strong>of</strong> Population Below Poverty Threshold<br />
The prov<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> <strong>Romblon</strong> belongs to <strong>the</strong> 10<br />
poorest prov<strong>in</strong>ces <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philipp<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> 2000.<br />
Based on <strong>the</strong> report from <strong>the</strong> National Statistical<br />
Coord<strong>in</strong>ation Board (NSCB), <strong>Romblon</strong><br />
ranked 10th poorest <strong>in</strong> 2000 (52.2%), 25th <strong>in</strong><br />
both 2003 (37.5%) and 2006 (41.9%) among<br />
<strong>the</strong> 81 prov<strong>in</strong>ces <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country. Accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to <strong>the</strong> 2007 CBMS data, <strong>the</strong> proportion <strong>of</strong><br />
population below poverty threshold is a<br />
stagger<strong>in</strong>g 68.00 percent. The underly<strong>in</strong>g<br />
cause <strong>of</strong> widespread poverty <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> prov<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
is due to low economic returns as majority<br />
Status Report on <strong>the</strong> Millennium Development Goals Us<strong>in</strong>g CBMS Data