Thesis Economics
Thesis Economics
Thesis Economics
An Undergraduate Thesis
Presented to the Faculty of the
College of Arts and Sciences
Calayan Educational Foundation, Inc.
Lucena City
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency
And Accreditation Program
RODINA O. PANGANIBAN
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INTRODUCTION
Poverty is one of the perennial problems that all local government units in the
Philippines had to deal with. The Second Quarter 2017 Social Weather Survey, done on
June 23-26, 2017, found 44% (est. 10.1 million) of families considering themselves as
“Mahirap” or Poor. This is 6 points below the 50% (est. 11.5 million) in March 2017.
Prior to this decline, the Self-Rated Poor proportion had a sharp increase to 50% in
March 2017. Before this, it had been either steady or declining for nine consecutive
quarters, from the fourth quarter of 2014 to the fourth quarter of 2016.
Still, the magnitude of poverty is immobile and in order to significantly reduce this,
sustained.
Anti-poverty programs and projects, including delivery of social services, for the
poor and vulnerable are continuously being implemented. At present, the Philippine
government under the Duterte administration has focused its pro-poor interventions on
programs for low-cost medicines, subsidized rice, scholarships for poor but deserving
Meeting the requirements for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will entail
collaborative efforts among major stakeholders - the national and local government units
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Answering this need, the Dept. of Interior and Local Government under SDC
Resolution #1 issued in 2005 was tasked to localize the SDGs (formerly Millennium
Development Goals or MDGs. DILG adopted and implemented the Community Based
LGU performance on poverty reduction. CBMS aims to provide local policymakers and
program implementers with evidence-based information that will guide them in the
delivery of services to the marginalized sectors of our society in the local level.
monitoring and diagnostic process and tool. The Community-Based Monitoring System
(CBMS) is one such tool. This paper evaluates on how the CBMS is being utilized as a
local poverty monitoring tool on targeting beneficiaries for various poverty alleviation
Remedios U. Rivera.
According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 30,047 people. Piris was its former
name. It was a mere hamlet of the municipality of Guinanyagan, province of Quezon and
remained as such for quite a number of years until it finally became a municipality.
Buenavista is now its official name which means beautiful view. Its original name was Piri
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as engraved in the oldest church bell which was donated by one Don Jose Casal in the year
1866. It used to be located in the Sitio of Pinagbayanan situated in the western side of the
Piris River which is about one a half kilometers away from the present town site.
This place became the choice of the founders who were a mixture of Bicolanos and
Visayans to enable them to easily escape the Moro raids that were prevalent during the
olden times. When the raids finally subsided, the barrio of Piris was transferred to its
present location. The word “Piri” was changed to Piris and later re-changed to
Piris.[citation needed]
Buenavista has a land area of 16,113 hectares and is situated on the Bondoc
Peninsula. At present It is a third class municipality. Its population is 30,047 as per latest
official census and it has 37 barangays. Its climate is classified as type 3 which means the
rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year. The main dialect is Filipino, although the
Bicolanos, Visayan and Ilocano dialect are being commonly used in the barangays.
In the month of October 1936, some civic minded natives launched the proposition
of making the place a municipality. The residents signed a petition for the separation of
Piris from the municipality of Guinayangan. A group of seven members was formed and
was commissioned to undertake a delegation to the Office of the Secretary of the Interior
for the purpose. The group was composed of then Don Feliciano Roldan, Mariano San
Jose, Honorio Hutamares, Teodorico Dosto, Ciriaco Parraba and atty. Antonio Pasta and
Francisco San Jose. The outbreak of the second global war marked the failure of the offices
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After the election of Gaudencio V. Vera to the Office of the Congressman for the
second district of Quezon Province, Mr. Francisco San Jose, a native and public teacher of
the place, was instructed by Congressman Vera to help prepare the necessary papers
pertaining to the separation of Piris from Guinayangan. When the papers were prepared,
House Bill No. 83 which was sponsored by the energetic solon was passed by both House
of Congress and became Republic Act No. 495 under Proclamation No. 201 of his
Excellency, President Elpidio Quirino, the corporate existence of Piris in the name
buenavista the 37th municipality of Quezon province, was fixed on the 26th day of August,
1950. A pompous inauguration was celebretad by the town people under the leadership of
Domingo Reyes and late Mr. Yao Ching Kio, wealthy businessman of the place, with
Congressman Vera as the guest of honor. When the municipality of Buenavista was
inaugurated on August 26, 1950,it belonged to the seventh class. Six month thereafter, due
to some increase in revenue, it rose to sixth class. Late Francisco Falqueza was appointed
Municipal Mayor and held office beginning August 26, 1950 up to December 31, 1951 and
on November 13, 1951 local election Primitivo Pasta Sr. becoming the first elected mayor.
Research Centre (IDRC) Canada through its Globalization, Growth and Poverty (GGP)
Initiative, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Australian
Launched in 2002, the CBMS network generally aims to assist its members
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the Network promotes evidence-based policymaking, program design and implementation
CBMS was initially designed and pilot-tested in the early 1990s under the Micro
and provide evidence on the impacts of various economic reforms and policy shocks at the
local level. Over the years, the development of CBMS has facilitated its use for evidence-
based local planning, poverty diagnosis, monitoring the millennium development goals,
From its initial adoption by the Provincial Government of Palawan in the year 2000,
CBMS is now being implemented by local government units in 68 provinces (32 of which
Today, the CBMS has been adopted by the National Anti-Poverty Commission
(NAPC) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the local poverty
monitoring system and as a tool for localizing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
in the country. Efforts are underway with the help of national government agencies, local
effort of the Municipal Government of Buenavista under the leadership of then-Mayor now
Vice-Mayor Remedios U. Rivera through the Municipal Mayor’s Office, the local City
Planning and Development Office and the local Dept. of Interior and National Government.
These stakeholders had earlier been concerned about the adoption of the system for
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addressing progress in the locality for its development efforts and immediately considered
On the local level, targeting beneficiaries for poverty alleviation programs of the
Municipality of Buenavista under the administration of Buenavista Mayor Alex Rivera was
made easier through the use of a poverty analysis tool. Because of the quick initiative of
the administration to complete the installation of the project, CBMS have been formally
for prioritizing programs and projects that will contribute to the achievement of the MDGs
in our locality. Furthermore, this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Community
Buenavista, Quezon.
Objectives
1.1 Equipment
1.2 Economic
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1.4 Ecological/Environmental
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2. LGU
utilization
3. Analysis of
of the
4. CBMS effectivenes Proposed
census s of using Action
5. CBMS Plan
census
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7.
LGU’s implementors of
anti-poverty initiaves
FEEDBACK
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METHODOLOGY
Research Design
The researcher will use questionnaires for this study. The questionnaires will be
administered. Quantitative data will be used for measuring the challenges in the
The researcher used non-randomized or judgment quota sampling for thirty (30)
The researcher prepared a questionnaire as a primary tool in data gathering. The researcher
relied on books, magazines, premiers, newspaper, and other related sources pertinent to her study.
Verbal interviews were also conducted to establish the credibility of her study and confirm some
Data Analysis
The researcher will use simple percentage formula, and the frequency distribution in the
% = F x 100
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where =
f = frequency
% = percentage
n = number of respondents
XM = Ef (w)
where = E = summation
F = frequency
n = number of respondents
XM = weighted mean
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