Bohol's Development Path

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Bohol's Development Path

• Ensuring Poverty Reduction and Sustainable
  Development
• in the New Millennium

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Location
Bohols Development Path
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Location
Bohols Development Path
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AREA PROFILE
Bohols Development Path

• General Land Features
• Location Central Visayas/Region 7
• Land Area 411,726 hectares (10th largest
  island)
• Topography Hilly to rolling w/ narrow
  coastal plains
• Demographic Profile
• Population (2000 Census) 1,137,268
• 15 to 64 Years 57.97
• 65 Years Over 6.25
• Annual Population Growth Rate (1995-2000) 2.92
• Population Doubling Time 24 Years
• Average Household Size 5.34 Persons
• Sex Ratio 101.6 males for every 100 females
• Median Age 22 years old
• Life Expectancy at Birth 68 years

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AREA PROFILE
Bohols Development Path

• Socio-Economic Profile
• Main sources of Income Farming Fishing
• Per Capita Income (2000) P20,042.00
• Poverty Incidence (2000) 47.3
• Provl Human Devt Index 0.5430 (1994)
• 0.5425 (1997)
• HDI in International Perspective 0.682 (2000)

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DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALS
Bohols Development Path

• Labor Force Quality
• Strategic Location Accessibility
• Resplendent Physical Natural Resources
• Fascinating Culture

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DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES
Population Increase Per Year Bohol
Province Censal Year Years Pop. Diff.
Yearly Inc. 1903-1948 45 284,184
6,315 1960-1995 35 441,033
12,601 1996-2000 4 142,828 35,707
Bohols Development Path

• Increasing Population
• o Rapid Population Growth
• o Growing Elderly Population
• Inadequate Infra Support Facilities
• o  Poor Road Network/Condition
• o High Power Rates
• o  Inadequate Water for Domestic and
  Industrial Use
•    o  Inadequate Public Health Educl
  Facilities/Resources
• Poor Management of Land Resources
• Widespread Poverty

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Development Challenges
Bohols Development Path

• Prevalence of Child Malnutrition
• Still High Prevalence Of Gastro-Intestinal
  Illnesses (Diarrheal Diseases) In Bohol
• Insufficient Employment Opportunities
• Poor Revenue Generations of Local Government
  Units

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OVERALL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
BOHOLS
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Vision Statement
Bohols Development Path

• Bohol as a prime eco-cultural tourism destination
  and a strong agro-industrial province in the
  Visayas with an empowered and self-reliant people
  who are God-loving, law-abiding, proud of their
  cultural heritage and committed to the growth and
  protection of the environment.

Mission Statement

• To continuously transform its social, economic,
  political and cultural life through effective
  collaboration of people from various sectors of
  the province to achieve and sustain its vision.

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The Goals
Bohols Development Path

• To establish the importance and contribution of
  Bohol to the nations socio-cultural and
  political growth and economic competitive edge
• To establish sustainable eco-cultural tourism and
  agro-industrial sites in the province to
  encourage investments and employment
  opportunities
• To ensure sustainable growth in revenues from
  major industries that adhere to a sustainable
  framework for developing, utilizing and managing
  the environment and natural resources of the
  province
• To enrich and continuously develop the dynamic
  and creative Boholano culture in all
  municipalities and in the capital city
• To develop a well-informed citizenry in healthy
  communities, aware and proud of its competencies
  that enable them to be much more productive,
  enterprising and participative in attaining the
  vision and goals of Bohol
• To build close collaboration and partnership
  among LGUs, NGOs, local communities and specific
  socially and economically disadvantaged groups in
  the planning, implementation and monitoring of
  programs and projects with poverty reduction
  focus

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Development Strategy
Bohols Development Path

• Establish Bohol as a major destination for
  eco-cultural tourism with a strong
  agro-industrial support through an effective
  government-NGO-private sector collaboration and
  partnership

Primary Strategy Eco-cultural Tourism Secondary
Strategy Agro-industrialization
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Major Breakthroughs
Bohols Development Path

• Adoption of appropriate legislations in response
  to the development thrusts of the Province
• o Bohol Environment Code
• o Bohol Investment Code
• o Bohol Arts Culture Heritage Code
• o Bohol Administrative Code
• o Bohol Childrens Code
• ISO 14001 certified (for Environmental Management
  System) of Bohol Provincial Government, the first
  provincial LGU to earn that distinction in the
  whole of Southeast Asia

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Major Breakthroughs
Bohols Development Path

• Implementation of basic support infrastructure
  facilities such as
• o Bohol Circumferential Road
• o Leyte-Bohol Power Interconnection Project
• o Bohol Irrigation Project (BIP)
• o Panglao Island Tourism Estate Project (PITE)
• Establishment of Special Units in the Provincial
  Government
• o Bohol Environment Management Office (BEMO)
• o Bohol Investment Promotions Center (BIPC)
• o Center for Culture Arts Development (CCAD)
• o Bohol Poverty Reduction Management Office
  (BPRMO)
• o Bohol Employment Placement Office (BEPO)
• o Bohol Tourism Office (BTO)
• Formulation of a common program framework to
  ensure a cohesive response to the poverty
  situation in the province.

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Development Directions Policies
Bohols Development Path

• Continue to support programs on the conservation
  and preservation of the environment
• Continue to draw investments to Bohol
• Continue to support programs on the development
  of culture and the arts
• Continue to support programs on poverty
  reduction
• Continue to provide scholarship to children from
  disadvantaged families
• Continue to support youth and sports development
  
• Continue to improve the delivery of basic social
  services
• Continue to invest in improving the human
  resource of the Province

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Development Directions Policies
Bohols Development Path

• Continue to improve the peace and order situation
• Initiate programs and projects that build strong
  alliances among LGUs, NGOs and POs, as well as
  specific target groups in common efforts to
  achieve poverty reduction
• Strengthen the poverty reduction focus of
  existing and pipeline sectoral programs and
  projects