The Philippine medium-term plan for human development
People Count 3(3): 1-4
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0117-5602 PMID: 12179223 Document Number: 312751
This pamphlet lists some basic features of the 1993-98 Philippine Medium-Term Development Plan (goals, targets, strategies, and human resource development). The last page contains a table of human development indicators with the annual average for 1987-91 and annual targets during 1993-98. Statistical measures include specific indicators for health, nutrition, family planning, education, housing, and social welfare. The introduction urges all government units, nongovernmental organizations, and international donors to support the development plan in a united effort. The goals of the plan include enabling most of the population to meet basic minimum needs, providing a level of basic services to the more disadvantaged, and moving the productive capacity of human resources to a more competitive international arena. The expected accomplishments for 1998 include an increase in life expectancy to 67.0 years, a decrease in infant mortality to 49.4 per 1000 live births, a decline in the crude death rate to 6.3 per 1000 population, a decline in underweight children to 8.4%, an increase in per capita energy intake to 1977 kilocalories, an increase in the proportion of households with 100% adequate energy intake to 47.1%, an increase in literacy to 98%, higher school enrollments, an increase of housing units to satisfy 34% of the total housing need, and a large increase in the number of poor families receiving basic welfare services to 89%. Specific measures will be adopted to alleviate poverty and to promote equity. Social services will be targeted to the most vulnerable groups. Social safety nets for disaster or emergency relief will be developed and maintained. Public resources will be directed to the most disadvantaged regions, and support will be given for community housing efforts and use of traditional medicines and other indigenous resources. The homeless will receive social services for security of housing and welfare, and efforts will be made to reduce the number of displaced families.