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CaseStudy: MetroManila 259
subsector in the said period. In turn, this development may be traced
in part to the deconcentration of manufacturing activity from the
NCR to Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon in the late 1980s although
the encroachment of the peripheral regions appeared to have
waned in the 1990s. However, the manufacturing subsector, which
accounted for over 40 percent of total NCR GDP in 1985, exhibited a
less vibrant performance in the 1990s.
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In 1997, per capita GDP in Metro Manila stood at P82,832
(US$2,811). Although there has been some diminution in the relative
well-being of the NC1L as measured by per capita GDP in 1975-1985,
this trend was reversed in 1985-1997. However, the improvement in
Metro Manila's per capita GDP in the latter period was not enough
to bring it back to the position it enjoyed (relative to the other regions)
in 1975. Nonetheless, the metropolitan region continues to dominate
all the other region s with a per capita income that is 2.5 times the
national per capita GDP of P33,722 US$1,144), 2.1 times the per capita
GDP of the second richest region, Cordillera, and 7.7 times the per
capita GDP of the poorest region, Muslim Mindanao (Table 3).
Poverty
The sterling performance of Metro Manila in terms of
improvements in per capita GDP is mirrored in the trend in poverty
reduction. Of the 2.0 million households living in the metropolis, 8.0
percent live below the 1997 poverty line of P71,800 per year for a
family of five. This compares favorably with the national poverty
incidence of 32.1 percent_ It also represents a marked improvement
in poverty reduction as the 1985 poverty incidence in the region was
almost three times higher at 23.0 percent (Table 4).
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The composition of Metro Manila has not changed since its
formation in 1975 under Presidential Decree (PD) 824 to the current
legal geopolitical composition under Republic Act (RA) 7924. The
only change has been the recent reclassification of some municipalities
into cities, namely, Makati, Muntinlupa, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Marikina,
Las Pifias and Parafiaque.
Metro Manila has been geographically subdivided in previous
planning documents into inner core and intermediate core. This