Chair:

Dr. Celia M. Reyes
Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Vice-Chairs:

Ms. Carmelita N. Ericta
Administrator
National Statistics Office

Dr. Romulo A. Virola
Secretary General
National Statistical Coordination Board

Members:

Dr. Zita V.J. Albacea
University of the Philippines, Los Baños

Dr. Jose Ramon G. Albert
Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Ms. Myrna B. Asuncion
National Economic and Development Authority

Ms. Alicia R. Bala
Department of Social Welfare and Development

Dr. Arsenio S. Balisacan
Professor, School of Economics
University of the Philippines, Diliman

Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales
Dean, School of Statistics
University of the Philippines, Diliman

Ms. Erlinda M. Capones
National Economic and Development Authority

ASG Lina V. Castro
National Statistical Coordination Board

Ms. Paula Monina G. Collado
National Statistics Office (NSO)

Ms. Jessamyn O. Encarnacion
National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)

Ms. Emma A. Fabian
National Statistics Office (NSO)

Mr. Patrocinio Jude H. Esguerra III
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)

Dr. Jocelyn A. Juguan
Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI)

Dr. Arturo Y. Pacificador, Jr.
De La Salle University (DLSU)

Mr. Romeo S. Recide
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS)

Ms. Ofelia M. Templo
Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU)

Ms. Susanita Tesiorna
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)

 

1. Review and assess the current issues and problems on the poverty statistics and other related indicators being produced by the Philippine Statistical System;
2. Study the methodologies and estimation procedures used in generating official poverty statistics and related indicators and recommend improvements that will strike a balance between the requirements of data users and the resources available to the NSCB and concerned data producers;
3. Recommend measures to ensure that the data requirements for poverty estimation are being produced by the concerned agencies; and
4. Provide expert advice in the development of an efficient system of poverty estimation, taking into consideration the best practices in the generation of official poverty statistics in different countries.

1. Recommendations on the improvements in the official poverty estimation methodology
2. Recommendations on the possible generation of poverty statistics based on 2009 FIES (1st survey round)

1. Improvements in the official poverty estimation methodology
2. Improvements in the methodology for the generation of advanced estimate of food and poverty threshold
3. Inputs to the 2011-2017 PSDP chapters

• Memorandum Order No. 08-03
  Creating The Technical Committee On Poverty Statistics
• Memorandum Order No. 01-08
  Reconstituting Further The Technical Committee on Poverty Statistics
• Memorandum Order No. 05-09
  Reconstituting Further The Technical Committee on Poverty Statistic
• Memorandum Order No. 03-11
  Reconstituting The Technical Committee on Poverty Statistics