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STATNews
22 February 2006

Top 3 Poorest Municipalities in EV found in Samar

The municipalities of Matuguinao, Daram and Zumarraga, all located in Samar province, were the three poorest municipalities in Eastern Visayas in 2000. These municipalities registered 72.16, 71.05, and 68.60 percent poverty incidence of population, respectively.

These results are contained in the publication entitled, “Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines”, which is a part of the output of the Poverty Mapping Project implemented by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) with funding assistance from the World Bank ASEM Trust Fund.

The municipal level poverty incidence were generated using Small-Area Estimation (SAE), combining the data of the 2000 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), 2000 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2000 Census of Population and Housing (CPH).

The resulting poverty estimates would help our policy makers and local communities improve targeting schemes aimed at reducing poverty. Likewise, these would serve as benchmark figures for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the local levels.

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2006

First Eastern Visayas CBMS Conference Held

Leyte Poverty Maps Presented to PDC

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RSET 2005 Edition: NOW AVAILABLE

NSM CLOSES WITH AWARDING CEREMONIES

CIF LEYTE NOW AVAILABLE

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