(Source: NEDA PowerPoint presentation) Convergence areas and strategies of the Updated Philippine Development Plan

1. Number of magnitude of poor households in the province 2. Provincial poverty incidence/ proportion of poor individuals to the provincial population 3. Province’s vulnerability to natural disasters Updated PDP will focus on government interventions on a number of provinces chosen on the basis of some criteria

Category 1: Ten Provinces with highest magnitude of poor households, 2010 PROVINCEREGION Number of Poor Households Zamboanga del Sur Western Mindanao170,181 CebuCentral Visayas151,425 PangasinanCentral Luzon148,601 Negros Occidental Western Visayas138,664 Camarines SurBicol136,208 LeyteEastern Visayas132,377 IloiloWestern Visayas122,770 SuluARMM122,218 QuezonCalabarzon122,139 Davao del SurDavao Region111,655 Source: National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (DSWD, 2010)

Provinces w/ high poverty magnitude Development opportunities exist but the poor cannot participate in the growth process In-migration, particularly of poor people due to the attractiveness of the province Strategies: Encourage more investments to create more employment opportunities; Improve human capital, flexible work arrangements, continually upgrade social services

Category 2: Ten Provinces with highest poverty incidence based on population, 2012 PROVINCEREGION Poverty Incidence (%) Lanao del SurARMM73.8 MaguindanaoARMM63.7 Eastern SamarEastern Visayas63.7 ApayaoCordillera61.4 Zamboanga del Norte Western Mindanao54.4 CamiguinNorthern Mindanao53.6 SarangganiSOCCSKSARGEN53.2 North CotabatoSOCCSKSARGEN52.4 MasbateBicol51.3 Northern SamarEastern Visayas50.2 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (2012)

Provinces w/ high poverty incidence Limited opportunities for development Small population, low density, remote areas Inflicted usually by weather-related events and armed conflict Strategy: Provide basic social services that promote economic and physical mobility while creating economic opportunities Encourage link of small agriculture-based enterprises in these areas to the supply chain of product or service providers in more developed areas Pursue peace-building efforts by addressing fundamental bases of conflicts

Category 3: Provinces exposed to multiple hazards RegionProvince Region I: IlocosIlocos Norte Region I: IlocosIlocos Sur Cordillera Administrative RegionAbra Cordillera Administrative RegionBenguet Region II: Cagayan ValleyCagayan Region II: Cagayan ValleyQuirino Region II: Cagayan ValleyIsabela Region II: Cagayan ValleyNueva Vizcaya Region III: Central LuzonZambales Region III: Central LuzonPampanga Region III: Central LuzonAurora Region IV-A: CALABARZONCavite Region IV-A: CALABARZONLaguna Region IV-A: CALABARZONRizal Region V: BicolCatanduanes Region VI: Western VisayasAntique Region VI: Western VisayasIloilo Region VII: Central VisayasBohol Region VIII: Eastern VisayasEastern Samar Region VIII: Eastern VisayasLeyte Region VIII: Eastern VisayasNorthern Samar Region VIII: Eastern VisayasSouthern Leyte Region IX: Western MindanaoZamboanga del Sur Region IX: Western MindanaoZamboanga Sibugay Region XIII: CaragaDinagat Islands Region XIII: CaragaAgusan del Sur Region XIII: CaragaSurigao del Norte Region XIII: CaragaSurigao del Sur Source: Department of Science and Technology and Department of Environment and Natural Resources(2012)

Vulnerable Provinces Marginally non-poor can slide into poverty owing to shocks or disasters, natural or man-made; poor can slide deeper to poverty Strategy: Risk reduction and mitigation, disaster-risk management Social insurance and social protection Income diversification