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Statistical Indicators on Philippine Development
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Updated 27 July 2009
The Statistical Indicators on Philippine Development (StatDev) is an instrument formulated and maintained by the NSCB to strengthen the planning system by providing the means by which economic progress and social change can be monitored and measured more effectively.
Specifically, the StatDev is a statistical indicator system to monitor the achievements of the economic and social development goals set forth in the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP). Thus, the StatDev framework is necessarily congruent with the current MTPDP, and is revised each time a new plan is formulated.
The StatDev, which is an annual undertaking of the NSCB, provides graphical presentation of the actual trends versus the respective targets indicated in the MTPDP for easier appreciation by planners, evaluators and researchers. It replaced the former Economic and Social Indicators (ESI) publication of the NSCB, starting with the StatDev 2004 released in July 2005.
The StatDev 2008 is anchored on the MTPDP 2004-2010 and contains indicators for the years 2004 to 2008 for several sectors. The actual data were compared with the MTPDP strategies/targets to determine the achievement of targets, thus, providing indications on the performance of the sectors during the plan period based on the indicators and data availability. The sectoral chapters are:
Agribusiness
Indicators on GVA, employment, aquaculture production, inland marine fishery production, irrigated areas served by type of season and remaining areas to be developed for irrigation showed average performance in the past years. Meanwhile, average yield for both palay and corn depicted poor performance in the last four years.
Based on available statistics, efforts exerted in this sector is evident in the expansion of lifestyle checks in government and implementing preventive anti-corruption measures.
Improvements were noted in mainstreaming and promoting culture and development as well as in the creation of special cultural programs in line with national peace and unification initiatives. Greater efforts should be executed in other aspects in order to attain the targets.
For basic education, improvements were noted in the following indicators: cohort survival rate, dropout rate at the secondary level, classroom-pupil ratio, number of classrooms built, textbook-pupil/student ratio, classroom-pupil ratio and teacher-pupil/student ratio. However, strategies should be strengthened further to attain the targets for the following indicators: net enrolment ratios , dropout rate at the elementary level and classroom-student ratio at secondary level.
Significant improvements were also noted in the development of middle-level skills of the individuals. For higher education, the government was able to meet the target of providing 42,600 scholarships to college students annually. However, there has been no significant increase in the proportion of faculty with graduate degrees.
Indicators on GVA in finance, inflation, investments, and savings revealed poor performance in meeting the specified targets and trends. Specifically, savings-to-GDP and investments-to-GDP ratios showed targets are not likely to be achieved in 2010. Likewise, the growth of GVA in finance and average annual inflation rate displayed not so good results in terms of their general direction.
During the last five years, efforts through several programs and services of the government have been made towards the improvement of the health and nutrition status in the country. Based on some indicators, however, there are still a number of concerns that should be attended to for better health conditions of the citizenry.
Half of the indicators show positive results in meeting the set targets while the other half still needs improvements to be able to achieve the desired objectives. Specifically, strike prevention rate has been increasing from 2005 to 2008 and has surpassed the target. Likewise, the disposition rate for actual strikes/lockouts and number of maritime officers certificates issued have reached their targets since 2007. On the other hand, the number of labor education seminars conducted has been decreasing since 2005 and is now way below the target. Furthermore, the disposition rates for preventive mediation and notices of strikes showed slow progress in meeting the targets.
Based on the available data, greater efforts should be done in attaining target police-to-population ratio and decreasing common crimes. Good performance was, however, observed in filling up shortage in PNP personnel, solving cases, and efficiency in serving warrants.
Based on the data, the number of institutions participating in microfinance services and the number of beneficiaries have been increasing during the last five years. Government efforts should improve to bring down poverty incidence and to increase the number of families served under the SEA-Kaunlaran Levels I and II Programs.
Strategies to attain the targets on power sector reforms need to be further strengthened. Efforts to lower the distribution loss should be intensified. More hydropower plants should be constructed and the generating capacity of geothermal and natural gas plants should also be increased.
In terms of achieving holistic reforms in the criminal justice system, there is a need for a more vigorous implementation of the strategies in terms of expediting resolution of cases, construction and repair of jail facilities and rehabilitation programs for prisoners. There is also a need to improve on the provision of free legal services, advocacy on the alternative dispute resolution, and funding for effective and efficient safekeeping and rehabilitation of prisoners.
DFA diplomatic efforts expanded through increased number of business/trade missions, MOUs, MOAs facilitated and promotional materials provided to posts. Enhancements were also instituted in the areas of ensuring the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, maximazing the bilateral and multilateral ties in terms of defense and military capabilities, and involvement in shaping the regional environment.
There is an increasing trend in the number of international tourists visiting our country in the years 2004 - 2007 but the increase is still not enough to meet the targets set. Meanwhile, visitor receipts and hotel occupancy rates show positive performance in the past four years. Visitor receipts have already surpassed the targets in 2006 and 2007.
Technical notes have been prepared to guide the planners and decision makers on how the performance of the sectors vis-à-vis the strategies/targets in the MTPDP was determined. The StatDev simply highlights the performance of the sectors during the plan period.
Technical Notes for StatDev 2008
StatDev 2008 is anchored on the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) 2004-2010. Based on the Strategy Planning Matrices (SPM) for MTPDP 2004-2010, strategies and programs have been identified to get the country moving toward sustained growth. Targets have been set for these strategies against which the development efforts of the government will be measured vis-à-vis the Plan. Based on the measurable outputs/targets in the SPM, the NSCB compiled data for the key indicators by sector. Due to data unavailability, not all the strategies/targets in the MTPDP are covered in the StatDev. In some cases, however, the NSCB included indicators with available data which are related to the strategies/targets.
Data covering the years 2004 to 2008 were taken from the source agencies as well as agency websites and publications. The data were compared with the MTPDP strategies/targets to determine the achievement of targets, thus, providing indications on the performance of the sectors during the plan period.
The strategies/targets indicated in the MTPDP are mostly for 2010 which is the end of the plan period. However, there are some strategies with annual targets while others do not have targets. The methods used to track the performance of the sectors given the indicators are as follows:
For indicators with targets, some targets have already been attained even before the end of plan period which implies “good performance.” For the other indicators, the tracking method used for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was adopted, as follows:
pace of performance = _ actual annual growth rate__
required annual growth rate
where:
actual annual growth rate = (latest data / baseline data) - 1
number of years elapsed
required annual growth rate = target rate______
number of years covered
If the pace of performance is:
more than 0.9 ---- good performance
between 0.5 and 0.9 ---- average performance
less than 0.5 ---- poor performance
For indicators without targets, the slope of the latest and baseline data was the basis for the performance of the sector. The slope was computed as follows:
slope = latest data - baseline data
number of years elapsed
If the value of slope is:
more than 1 (upward) ---- good performance
between 1 and –1 (horizontal) ---- average performance
less than –1 (downward) ---- poor performance
The following icons are used:
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good performance |
means that the target has already been reached or the probability of attaining the target is high and thus, the target is likely to be attained |
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average performance |
means that the probability of attaining the target is medium and thus, the target may or may not be attained |
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poor performance |
means that the probability of attaining the target is low and thus, the target is not likely to be attained |
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