Province of Romblon - UNDP in the Philippines

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Figure 7. Proportion of Underweight Children Under 5 Years of Age decrease on the malnutrition prevalence rate since then. Based on the 2007 CBMS data, prevalence of underweight children under five years old is recorded at 8.15 percent. The national baseline data on this particular indicator is 34.5 percent and the national target for 2015 is 17.3 percent. The current statistics shows that the province’s data is below the national target and will likely maintain this trend. At the municipal level, Magdiwang registered the highest prevalence of underweight children under five years old based on the 2007 CBMS data with 16.93 percent. It was followed by Alcantara with 16.53 percent and Ferrol with 16.07 percent. The municipality with the lowest prevalence rate is San Jose with only 1.52 percent. B. Current Policies and Programs The elected officials of the province are very much aware that Romblon is among the poorest provinces in the country. Hence, most plans, program and activities prioritized in the 20 percent Annual Development Fund (ADF) were geared towards the upliftment of the socioeconomic condition of the people. The province and the LGUs have targeted the marginalized sector and provided them assistance in the form of livestock dispersal, vegetable seeds distribution and other livelihood opportunities to help eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. For those people in crises situation and those affected by disaster or calamities, the provincial and municipal governments provided them with financial assistance Status Report on the Millennium Development Goals Using CBMS Data Province of Romblon 37
38 and materials to help them overcome their dire situation. However, due to financial constraints, the provincial and local governments can only provide very minimal intervention and cannot really sustain the effort as other priority needs have also to be given preference. The National Government has also launched the Hunger Mitigation program which the provincial and local governments is trying to institutionalize in their local programs to help achieve national target. C. Challenges The primary challenge for economic development and the eradication of poverty and hunger is basically our geo-physical environment. Being archipelagic in nature, accessibility to some island municipalities is very diffi cult particularly during inclem- Province of Romblon ent weather. Coupled with the fact that the province is generally mountainous, development initiatives are limited to smallscale economic enterprises, not enough to spur massive economic growth. Because of these limitations, the province does not attract outside investment that could generate more job opportunities for our people. Another hindrance in our efforts to alleviate poverty is the meager income derived from local sources. The province has no tax base to generate income aside from real property taxes which is scant; hence the province is very much dependent on its share of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA). Because there are not enough funds to pursue relevant economic initiatives or even provide pump priming activities for short term relief, the province and most LGUs are hard pressed to make do of what they can with their limited resources. Status Report on the Millennium Development Goals Using CBMS Data
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Page 9 and 10: 8 Province of Romblon Table of Cont
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Page 15 and 16: 14 Province of Romblon EXECUTIVE SU
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Page 21 and 22: 20 acceptable to them. Provision of
Page 23 and 24: 22 1. History Province of Romblon P
Page 25 and 26: 24 San Andres, Looc and Santa Fe. A
Page 27 and 28: 26 for CY 2007-2008 is 98.7 percent
Page 29 and 30: 28 Tablas Island Electric Cooperati
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Page 41 and 42: 40 Mrs. Gloria Elizabeth Madali Mer
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Page 49 and 50: 48 Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality
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