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CBMS
The Escalante Experience
HON. MELECIO J. YAP, JR.
Mayor City of Escalante, Negros Occidental
Outline
Brief LGU Profile
a) b)
Results and Discussion
Facilitating local planning and budgeting using CBMS data Key CBMS Results
Conclusions and Ways Forward
Escalante City, one of the 13 Cities of Negros Occidental, is located at the Northeastern tip of the Province, some 95 kms. away from Bacolod City, the provincial capital.
It is small, very rural city, created 7 yrs. ago. It has a population of 86,580 (18,935 HHs) whose income sources are derived mainly from sugar cane farming, wholesale and retail trading and fishing .
Fishing (9.0%) Trade & Commerce (20.0%) Sugar Cane Farming (39.0%) Nationally and even internationally known in the 1980s because of the so – called “ESCALANTE MASSACRE” .
Source: CBMS 2006
Local Finance
IRA
2006
%
197,416,115.31
85.54
2007 211,380,868.00
% 88.23
Local Income
33,361,443.70
14.46
28,203,755.17
11.77
Total
City Treasurer’s Office 2007
230,777,559.01
100.00
239,584,623.17
100.00
Escalante is a 5 th income class city, 88.23% of its total income of PhP239.70 Million for 2007 comes from the National Government as its Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share.
TIMELINE
November 28, 1856: Creation of Escalante as a Town.
July 1, 1948: Division of Escalante into two: - Escalante and Toboso.
May 30, 1958: Transfer of Municipal Government from Old Poblacion to its present site, Brgy. Balintawak (7 kms. away).
March 31, 2001: Conversion into the 10 th Negros Occidental.
component City of
PARTNERSHIP WITH:
CBMS Network Team
DAWN Foundation
Dr. Aniceto Orbeta of PIDS
Our partnership with the CBMS Network Team, DAWN Foundation, and Dr. with Orbeta started in the 1 st quarter of 2006.
Why CBMS?
Need for updated, relevant, reliable and disaggregated data down to the barangay level
.
CBMS-GRB Implementation
Coverage: Budget: City-wide Cost-sharing (PhP 38.00/HH – city counterpart) Data Gathering Instrument: Questionnaire Data Enumerators: City / Brgy. Health Workers Encoding and Map Digitizing: Brgy. Computer Operators Data Validation: Brgy. / City Consultations
CBMS-GRB Implementation
Capacity-building interventions
Trainings and seminars on: Data Gathering Encoding Map Digitizing Planning and Budgeting
CBMS-GRB Implementation
Challenges:
1.
People’s attitude towards data gatherers – indifference, contempt, bias 2. Language barrier – English Questionnaire 3. Low Educational level of data gatherers 4. Misdeclaration of income
Key CBMS Results
City of Escalante Male Female % Growth
NSO 1990, 1995, 2000 CBMS 2006
1990 %
72,681 36,593 36,088 50.35
49.65
1995 %
79,928 40,284 39,644 50.40
49.60
1.99
2000 %
79,098 39,770 39,328 50.28
49.72
-0.21
2006 %
86,580 44,352 42,220 51.23
48.76
1.58
Key CBMS Results
High Poverty Incidence Escalante Average 74.43 (CBMS 2006) National Average 24.4
*
*
National Statistics Office 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey
Key CBMS Results
Basic Needs Indicators Health Nutrition
Proportion of child deaths aged 0-5 years old Proportion of women deaths due to pregnancy related causes Proportion of malnourished children aged 0-5 years old
Number Proportion
60 6 692 0.52
0.44
6.07
Key CBMS Results
Number Basic Needs Indicators
Total M
Basic Education Proportion of children aged 6 12 years old not attending elementary school Proportion of children aged 13 16 years old not attending high school Proportion of children aged 06 16 years old not attending school 3,680 4,885 4,865 2,049 2,927 2,945
F
1,631 1,958 1,920 Average educational attainment -
Total
24.40
52.90
20.00
Proportion Grade Four
M
26.30
61.00
23.40
F
22.30
44.00
16.30
Literacy by age group and sex, City of Escalante Age group Literate Total 10-14 15-64 Illiterate 65 & above Total 10-14 15-64 65 & above Total 62,003 10,586 47,778 3,639 4,174 704 2,442 1,028 % 93.3
93.6
94.7
Male 31,506 5,378 24,433 77.6
6.3
6.2
4.8
1,695 2,214 469 1,340 21.9
405 % 93.1
91.8
94.4
Female 30,497 5,208 23,345 80.4
6.5
8.0
5.2
1,944 1,960 235 1,102 19.2
623 % 93.6
95.5
95.1
75.3
6.0
4.3
4.5
24.1
Key CBMS Results
Limited Access to Safe Water Escalante Average * 49.59 (CBMS 2006) National Average 19.8
* *National Statistics Office 2004 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
Key CBMS Results
High Proportion of Households Without Access to Sanitary Toilets Escalante Average 59.42 (CBMS 2006) National Average 13.8
** *National Statistics Office 2004 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
Key CBMS Results
High Incidence of Poverty-Related Deaths CITY OF ESCALANTE
Pneumonia Tuberculosis Diarrhea Measles Delivery
Cause of death of persons who died during the reference period*
Magnitude Proportion**
Total Male Female Total Male Female
49 25 15 2 15 26 11 5 1 6 23 14 10 1 9 0.06
0.03
0.02
0 0.02
0.06
0.02
0.01
0 0.01
0.05
0.03
0.02
0 0.02
Male Members
44,352
Female Members
42,220
Total Members
86,580
*Cause of death of persons who died during the reference period **Number of persons by cause of death over total number of members Source: CBMS Survey 2006
Key CBMS Results
Prevalence of Poverty-Related Diseases MORBIDITY
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Diarrheal Diseases Pneumonia Abdominal Disorders Anemia Parasitism No. 3,108 307 375 192 177 130 Rate 37 4 2 2 2006 Male (%) 1,486 168 226 92 77 60 Female (%) 1,622 139 149 100 100 70
Key CBMS Results
63% of HHs are Informal Settlers
Rent-free house and lot with consent of owner 7% Own house, rent free lot without consent of owner 7% Rent-free house & lot w/o consent of owner 1% Other tenur status 0%
Owner, owner like possession of house and lot 27%
Own house, rent free lot with consent of owner 48% Own house/rent lot 9%
National Average (Informal Settlers) - 35.6% Annual Poverty Indicators Survey, NSO 2004
Rent house/room including lot 1%
Key CBMS Results
Agriculture-dependent labor
Magnitude
Male
Type of business/industry*
Female Total
Proportion**
Male Female
CITY OF ESCALANTE Agriculture mining and Forestry Fishing
Manufacturing Construction Wholesale and Retail Trade, Vehicle Repair Transportation, Storage & Communication Private Households with Employed Persons
Total
10,922 2,447
904 1,212 3,513 2,284 2,399
8,210 2,293
594 1,147 1,662 2,085 855
2,712 154
310 65 1,851 199 1544
38.71
8.67
3.2
4.3
12.45
8.1
8.5
42.94
11.99
3.11
6 8.69
10.91
4.47
29.82
1.69
3.41
0.71
20.35
2.19
16.98
Employed Members of the Labor Force 28,213
Male
19,118
Female
*General type of business/industry
9,095
**Number of employed by type of business/industry over total number of employed persons Source: CBMS Survey 2006
Key CBMS Results
Seasonality of work CITY OF ESCALANTE
Permanent Short-term, seasonal or casual Worked on different jobs on day to day or week to week
Nature of employment*
Magnitude Proportion**
Total
13,241
Male
8,715
Female
4,526
Total
46.9
Male
45.6
Female
49.76
13,227 1,714 9,091 1,292 4,136 422 46.9
6.08
47.6
6.76
45.48
4.64
Employed Members of the Labor Force 28,213
Male
19,118
Female *Employed members of the labor force and their nature of employment.
**Number of employed by nature of employment over number employed members Source: CBMS Survey 2006
9,095
Key CBMS Results
Unskilled labor force CITY OF ESCALANTE
Magnitude
Male
Type of occupation*
Female Total
Proportion**
Male Female Total
Officials of Gov’t, Special-Interest Org’ns, Corporate Executives, Managers, Managing Proprietors and Supervisors Physical, Mathematical and Eng’g Science Professionals Technician and Associate Professionals Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen Trades and Related Workers Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers
Laborers and Unskilled Workers
Special Occupations Employed Members of the Labor Force
Male – 19,118
781 1,215 270 478 486 212 4,404 6,532 1,283 1,802 5,263 899 1,098
11,274
818 1,059
8,237
456
Female – 9,095
28,213 303 729 58 2,602 1,269 384 39
3,037
362 2.77
4.31
0.96
15.61
23.15
4.55
3.89
39.96
2.9
2.50
2.54
1.11
9.43
27.53
4.7
5.54
43.09
2.39
3.33
8.02
0.64
28.61
13.95
4.22
0.43
33.39
3.98
Key CBMS Results
Most Migrant Workers are Employed as Menial Workers Number of OFW % Occupation of OFW Babysitters, Domestic Helpers, Maids Seafarers Factory Workers Caregivers Nurse Welders Office Professionals Engineers/Architects Total Number of OFWs 150 93 25 16 16 13 5 15 570 26.32
16.32
4.39
2.81
2.81
2.28
0.88
2.63
Key CBMS Results
Peace and Order 28 of 94 crimes (29.8%) were against women Type of crime* CITY OF ESCALANTE
Magnitude Proportion**
Male Female
Murder / Homicide Theft
Total
15 24 11 13 3 11
Total
15.96
25.53
Male
24.44
28.89
Rape Physical Injury (not including battery) 10 10 2 5
8 5
10.64
10.64
4.44
11.11
Female
6.38
23.4
17.02
10.64
Spousal / Partner abuse Child abuse Other crimes (specified) 22 9 4 7 5 2
15
3 2 23.4
9.57
4.26
15.56
11.11
4.44
31.91
6.38
4.26
Male Victims Female Victims
Total Victims 45 47 94
Key CBMS Results
Low Participation of Women
Labor 5% Others (Specified) 7% Agricultural 2% Women's 3% Political 1% Cultural 0% Youth 10% Religious 72%
CBMS RESULTS enabled the city to identify, among others:
• priority areas of concern • who, where and how many are the target population • what interventions to undertake • how much is needed to address the problem • benchmark on impact monitoring
PRIORITY AREAS OF CONCERN of the City per CBMS RESULTS:
1. Poverty
Livelihood projects (at least 50% of Php 10.5 Million City assistance to barangays from Development Funds ) PhP 500,000 for cooperative development
2. Education
Scholarship program
Feeding program
Establishment of barangay extension high schools
School-based agri-business projects
PRIORITY AREAS OF CONCERN of the City per CBMS RESULTS:
3. Health and Environmental Issues
PhP 40 Million loan from Land Bank for water system development
PhP 15 Million from NAPC for barangay level water system projects Assistance from UNDP Implementation of RA 9003
Access to toilets be made a criteria for barangay clean and green contest
4. Capacity Development
PhP 1 Million for skills and livelihood trainings for women and out of-school youth
PRIORITY AREAS OF CONCERN of the City per CBMS RESULTS:
5. Shelter
Land banking in all barangays Linkaging with housing agencies (government and NGOs)
Farm-Lot subdivision scheme in rural barangays
6. Women Empowerment
Minding centers Joint ownership of properties
Conclusions : CBMS data triggered policy changes: - in the utilization of the City’s 20% Development Funds
Bigger budget allocation for : Livelihood projects (at least 50% of Php 10.5 Million City assistance to barangays)
Water system development
Coop development
Farm – to – market roads - in the Planning and Budgeting of the 5% GAD Budget
GAD plan using CBMS data as basis for budgeting - in the Planning and Budgeting of the Local School Board Funds
Some CBMS Concerns:
Simplification of Questionnaire
Improvement of indicators to capture realistic data on income and employment
Periodic updating of data Per se, it is a powerful instrument to obtain disaggregated, updated and relevant data on the socio – economic life of communities.
Special Thanks to:
Dr. Celia M. Reyes
CBMS Network
Dr. Aniceto Orbeta, Jr.
Philippine Institute of Development Studies
Councilor Celia Flor
DAWN Foundation