Report - Social Watch Philippines
Report - Social Watch Philippines
Report - Social Watch Philippines
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Acknowledgment .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iii<br />
Key to Acronyms ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv<br />
About the Authors ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ix<br />
Foreword........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................xi<br />
An urgent MDG message: Inadequate funding places MDGs at risk ..................................................................................................................................1<br />
Prof. Leonor Magtolis Briones<br />
MDG chances: stability and vulnerability .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................5<br />
Isagani R. Serrano<br />
Losing the war on poverty: The Other MDG10 <strong>Report</strong> .....................................................................................................................................................................15<br />
Isagani R. Serrano<br />
On poverty, hunger and employment: Off-track but not without hope......................................................................................................................29<br />
Marivic Raquiza<br />
Crossroads: Marginalization versus achieving universal primary education by 2015................................................................................43<br />
Rene Raya, Cecilia Soriano, Reginaldo Guillen, Luz Anigan<br />
Filipino women in the lead-up to the 2015 MDG deadline .........................................................................................................................................................53<br />
Mae V. Buenaventura<br />
From 2010 and beyond: children should live past age 5 .....................................................................................................................................................................75<br />
May-i L. Fabros<br />
Improve maternal health: a move towards universalizing health care ...............................................................................................................................87<br />
Mercedes Fabros<br />
The rising challenge of HIV/AIDS and other diseases......................................................................................................................................................................107<br />
Medical Action Group<br />
Not much time, but not without options: A review of the <strong>Philippines</strong>’<br />
progress on achieving the MDG on environment sustainability ........................................................................................................................................119<br />
Jonathan D. Ronquillo, Rachael O. Morala and Reagan A. Gabriel<br />
Trade, debt and aid: MDG retardants .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................135<br />
Jessica Reyes-Cantos<br />
The Bangsamoro Outlook on the Millennium Development Goals............................................................................................................................145<br />
Jolly S. Lais<br />
Updated Offi cial List of MDG Indicators ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................165<br />
Winning the Numbers, Losing the War: The Other MDG <strong>Report</strong> 2010 xiii