BOHOL PROGRAM FRAMEWORK ON POVERTY REDUCTION

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BOHOL PROGRAM FRAMEWORK ON POVERTY REDUCTION

• Prepared by the
• Provincial Planning and Development Office
• Provincial Government of Bohol

In support of the anti-poverty policy thrust of
both the National Government and the Provincial
Government of Bohol
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Why a Program Framework on Poverty Reduction

• To serve as guide in formulating policies, plans,
  programs and projects in support of poverty
  reduction
• To indicate the current status and proposed
  priority actions under the following key areas of
  concern

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Key Areas of Concern

• UNDERSTANDING POVERTY IN BOHOL
• RESPONDING TO THE POVERTY SITUATION
• BUILDING CAPACITIES FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
• MOBILIZING RESOURCES FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

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PROGRAM FRAMEWORK ON POVERTY REDUCTION
CONTAINS

• Background/Rationale for the Program
• Situation at the End of the Program (2015)
• Current Situation and Proposed Priority Actions
  for each Key Area of Concern
• Proposed Projects
• (Volumes 2 3)

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BOHOL POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAM (Outline)

• PROGRAM GOAL
• To reduce poverty incidence in Bohol from 47.3
  to 23 in 12 years.
• PROGRAM COMPONENTS AND KEY OBJECTIVES

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• B.1 Policy Review and Formulation
• To assess existing policies and
  revise/formulate new policies to influence the
  macroeconomic, social, political and cultural
  environment and transform it to support poverty
  reduction objectives
• B.2 Poverty Assessment and Monitoring
  Strengthening Target-Specific Service Delivery
• To update poverty profiles and use them to
  guide policies, identify poverty groups,
  determine their respective status and improve
  service delivery targeting

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• B.3 Participatory Planning and
• Project Development
•   To ensure adequate coverage and
  participation of poverty groups in the planning,
  implementation and monitoring of
  poverty-sensitive plans, programs and projects
• B.4 Institution Building for Poverty
• Reduction
•   To build and strengthen capacities of
  government and civil society institutions,
  private sector entities, local government units,
  local communities and donor agencies to work
  together within a poverty-responsive
  Institutional Framework

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• B.5 Advocacy and Resource Mobilization
•   To gain and maintain the trust of donors,
  policymakers, media and other support networks
  and generate resources needed for poverty
  reduction plans, programs and projects

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Specific Strategies

• Build on existing government, civil society and
  community structures and further strengthen them
• Integrate the anti-poverty focus in all programs
  and projects promoted by national and provincial
  agencies and those funded by international donors
  and NGOs

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• Transform the political process as vehicle for
  the poor to gain greater access to the use of
  land and other production assets
• Solicit support from the Church, business sector
  and academic institutions

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• All these specific strategies will basically
  reinforce a two-pronged overall program strategy
  
• Increase access to services and participation by
  target poverty groups
• Stimulate pro-poor economic growth in preferred
  areas, namely eco-cultural tourism agricultural
  production and technology and livelihood
  development.