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Community Needs-Based Approach to Diaspora Philanthropy. Dr. Celia M. Reyes CBMS Network Leader and PEP Co-Director.
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Community Needs-Based Approach to Diaspora Philanthropy Dr. Celia M. Reyes CBMS Network Leader and PEP Co-Director This work was carried out by the PEP-CBMS Network Coordinating Team of the Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI) of De La Salle University, Manila with financial support of the Government of Canada through the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
CBMS: Background, Design and Key Features • Data Generated From CBMS • CBMS Core Indicators • CBMS Process • Current Uses and Applications of CBMS • Coverage and Status of CBMS implementation • Diaspora Philanthropy and CBMS • Sample outputs Outline of Presentation
CBMS was developed in the early 1990s to provide a good information base for policymakers and program implementers for monitoring the impacts of economic reforms or policy shocks to the vulnerable groups in the society • CBMS addresses the lack of the necessary disaggregated information for poverty analysis and design of appropriate interventions, for targeting of program beneficiaries, and for program-impact monitoring • It is envisioned to be a tool for improving local governance and accountability in managing resources while empowering communities to participate in the process Background: CBMS in the Philippines
It is designed as an organized process of data collection, processing, validation, and integration of data in the local development processes • A tool intended for improved governance and greater transparency and accountability in resource allocation • CBMS generates a core set of indicators that are being measured to determine the welfare status of the population. These indicators capture the multidimensional aspects of poverty. • It uses freeware customized for CBMS-data encoding, processing and poverty mapping CBMS: Design
Involves a census of all households in a community • LGU-based while promoting community participation • Taps existing LGU-personnel/community members as monitors • Has a core set of indicators but system is flexible enough to accommodate additional indicators • Establishes database at each geopolitical level Key Features of CBMS
Data generated from CBMS • Core set of indicators which covers the multidimensional nature of poverty • Other LGU-specific indicators relating to: • Disabilities, natural calamities, migration, waste management, access to programs, electoral participation, community organization • Data can be disaggregated across population sub-groups and geo-political levels (by barangay, municipality/city)
CBMS Core Indicators CBMS Indicators Dimensions of Poverty Core Indicators 1. Child deaths (0-5 yrs. old) 2. Women deaths due to pregnancy -related causes 3. Malnourished children (0-5 yrs. old) 4. HHs w/o access to safe water 5. HHs w/o access sanitary toilet • Health • Food & Nutrition • H20 & Sanitation Survival • Shelter • Peace & Order 6. HHs who are squatters 7. HHs living in makeshift housing 8. HHs victimized by crimes Security 9. HHs w/income below poverty threshold 10. HHs w/income below food threshold 11. HHs who experienced food shortage 12. Unemployment 13. Elementary school participation 14. High school participation • Income • Employment • Education Enabling
Step 2 Data Collection and Field Editing (Training Module 1) Step 3 Data Encoding and Map Digitizing (Training Module 2) Step 1 Advocacy / Organization CBMS Process Step 8 Dissemination/ Implementation and Monitoring Step 4 Processing and Mapping (Training Module 3) Step 5 Data validation and Community Consultation Step 7 Plan Formulation (Training Module 4) Step 6 Knowledge (Database) Management
Current Uses and Applications of CBMS • Local development planning and budgeting • Monitoring the achievement of the millennium development goals (MDGs) • Poverty diagnosis, design and targeting of interventions • Program impact monitoring • Monitoring the impacts of shocks
Other Specific Uses of CBMS • Ten provinces have used CBMS data for the preparation of their provincial MDG reports which would serve as guide for its efforts towards achieving the MDGs by 2015. • CBMS has provided basis for evaluation of development grant proposals for poverty reduction projects at the local level funded by UNDP since 2006 to present. • CBMS has been used to monitor the impact of UNDP-development grant projects at the local level
Other Specific Uses of CBMS • CBMS has been used by local government units as basis for its project proposals to other development agencies (e.g. ADB and JICA) to fund development projects in their localities. • CBMS is currently being used in monitoring the impacts on poverty of the global financial crisis
CBMS Data Repositories • CBMS databases have been established at the national and local levels • At the national level, the CBMS database is installed at NAPC, DILG, LMP and the PEP-CBMS Network Office • Regular capacity building workshops on the use and updating of the said CBMS databases have been conducted by the PEP-CBMS Network
Coverage of CBMS implementation in the Philippines 18, 706 barangays in 710 municipalities and 46 cities in 61 provinces (32 of which are provincewide)
Internationally, migration had been recognized as a significant contributor to development and poverty reduction • There has been an increasing role of diaspora associations as development partners • Diaspora philanthropy had been gradually shifting away from short-term projects to long-term and income generating activities Diaspora Philanthropy and CBMS: Convergence
Diaspora Philanthropy and CBMS: Convergence • Information from CBMS can be used as basis for priority projects that can be funded by diaspora organizations • CBMS fosters community participation in identifying problems, devising solutions, and monitoring progress • Robust link with local and national government translates to policy implications
Sample outputs for CBMS Core Indicators: Brgy. Villa Angeles, Orion, Bataan, 2006
Location of Households with OFWs Villa Angeles, Orion, Bataan, 2006 88 OFW households out of a total of 284 households
Over-all, level of child and maternal health in the barangay is very good. • No under-5 and maternal deaths reported. • Only 2 out of 95 children aged 0-5 are malnourished.
Housing problems in the barangayare not that significant. • Only 4 households are living in makeshift housing. • No informal settlers in the barangay.
Access to safe water is still a concern for some households in the community. • There are 17 households that do not have access to safe water. • Almost all households have access to sanitary toilet facilities.
School participation is very high. Access to education poses no challenge. • Only 7 children aged 6-16 are not attending school. 3 of these are 6 years old children who are not yet attending school. Ages of remaining 4 children are 11, 14, 15 and 16.
Location of households with members 6-16 years old not in school, Villa Angeles, Orion,Bataan, 2006
The poverty situation is modest. • Poverty incidence in the barangay is around 18.7%. • Subsistence poverty is 9.5% of all households. • No household experienced hunger.
Location of households who are income poor Villa Angeles, Orion,Bataan, 2006
Local unemployment is a major issue. Security is good. • About 1/4 of the labor force is unemployed. • There are only 10 reported cases of crime in the barangay.
Households without OFW are more likely to be multi-dimensionally poor!
Being income poor is more likely associated with having no job
Location of OFWs • A large proportion of OFWs are working in the United States of America • *Others consist of countries: Canada, Denmark, Singapore, Guam, Italy, United Kingdom, Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, India, Israel, S. Korea, Mexico,. Oman, Nigeria, Norway, Sudan, Thailand
Dependency on OFW Remittances • On the average, 58 percent of total income is derived from remittances Source: CBMS Survey, 2006 **there are 103 OFWs in 88 households.
Number of and percentage of households with OFWs by Income quintile Source: CBMS Survey, 2006 Most of the households with OFW belongs to the highest income quintile in the barangay
Further inquiries about the PEP-CBMS Network may be forwarded to: PEP-CBMS Network Office (Asia) Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies 10th Floor, Angelo King International Center, Estrada corner Arellano Streets, Malate, Manila Telefax (632) 5262067/ 5238888 loc. 274 Email at: cbms@dls-csb.edu.ph; cbms.net@gmail.com Website: www.pep-net.org