LPRAP Experience in Bohol

Presentation by Bohol Local Development Foundation for the Workshop with Planning and Budget Officers 11-12 April 2012 The Legend Villas

Key Questions 1. Is LPRAP Process worth the effort? Is

it doable? Does it produce results? 2. What drove the province to do

LPRAP? 3. How did we do it? What is the

Methodology employed? 4. What results have been achieved? 5. What have we learned from this

experience?

Poverty in Bohol

High poverty incidence; unstable peace in some areas Poverty incidence rose from 37.3% in 1997 to 47.3% in 2000 in terms of families; from 43.1% in 1997 to 53.6% in 2000 in terms of population

Poverty in Bohol

Bohol ranked 16th among the country’s 79 provinces

305 barangays (30% of total) were in various stages of insurgency (threatened, infiltrated, influenced)

Our Response The political leadership rallied all sectors to

get Bohol out of the top 20 poorest provinces in three years and to reduce poverty incidence from 47.3% to 23% by 2015

All sectors committed to help achieve peace and development in at least 50% of areas affected by insurgency

Strategies and Tools Developed

Ranking of municipalities based on levels of deprivation to objectively determine priority areas for interventions

Preparation of the Bohol Program

Framework on Poverty Reduction

Strategies/Tools Developed

Development of a software that facilitates the cost-effective preparation of the three-year Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP) at barangay level as basis for the Annual Development and Investment Plans

Strategies/Tools Developed

Matching of resources by national and provincial/city/municipal/barangay entities for the systematic delivery of services to priority municipalities, barangays and puroks

Strategies/Tools Developed Preparation of a Framework on Peace

and Development

Adoption by the Provincial Development Council and the Provincial Peace and Order Council of the Bohol Agenda for Poverty Reduction, Peace and Development

Strategies/Tools Developed

Integration of the poverty reduction focus in all sectors of the Local Annual Development Plan and the Medium Term Development Plan 2004-2009

Adoption of the Framework by NGOs, civil society institutions and the private sector

Strategies/Tools Developed

Close links between the military and LGUs

Reorganization of the Provincial Development Council with its Executive Committee serving as the Provincial Poverty Reduction Committee

Strategies/Tools Developed

Implementation of DILG memoranda regarding integration of poverty indicators in local development planning and the creation of Local Poverty Reduction Action Teams (LPRATs)

Mandates that support poverty reduction efforts

•Social Reform and Poverty Reduction Act or RA 8425 -Law provides the broad policy framework to address poverty -Stresses the need for united effort between Government and civil society -Recognizes that poverty reduction efforts must respect core values, cultural integrity and spiritual diversity of target sectors and communities

Mandates DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2001 –

109 dated 21 August 2001 - Enjoins all Local Chief Executives (LCEs)

to undertake local programs on poverty reduction and economic transformation

- Stresses the need to identify poorest families and to extend assistance in the areas of food, shelter, employment and education

Mandates DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2001-

105 dated 31 August 2001 - Calls for LGUs to identify Local Poverty

Reduction Action Officers (LPRAOs) - LPRAOs are tasked to oversee poverty

reduction efforts in the localities

KEY RESULTS

From a poverty incidence of

50.2% in CY 2000, Bohol improved to 38.8% in CY 2006 – 35th out of 85 provinces and independent cities.

KEY RESULTS

• In 2005, insurgency affected 46 barangays (villages).

• In 2009, Bohol announced zero armed insurgency in all its 1,109 barangays.

PRO-POOR TARGETING TOOL The Bohol Local Development

Foundation, Inc. (BLDF) and the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) collaborated to produce several versions of the questionnaire and software for PDMS, known during the early days as Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP) database tools.

PRO-POOR TARGETING TOOL The questionnaire was one of several

survey tools recommended by a national inter-agency committee which included the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

LPRAP Process and Tools in Use 47 Municipal LGUs and 1 City CIDA-assisted LGSP-LED projects with

enhanced PDMS integrating MSMEs with core poverty indicators in the 8 municipalities of BIAD 5 to be replicated in 4 other inter-LGU clusters

AusAID and PACAP in the province use PDMS for poverty tracking and evaluation.

World Bank funded Kalahi-CIDSS uses PDMS in 12 pilot municipalities in Bohol

LPRAP Process and Tools In Use LGUs in District 5 Iloilo, Sariaya, San

Fernando(La Union) and Lucban, Quezon. In Mindanao, both General Santos City and Tacurong City; several municipalities in Central Visayas under an NCCA-funded project; four provinces in Mindanao which includes Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, North Cotabato and Sarangani under the EU-funded Peace Build Project

LPRAP Process and Tools In Use

A Catholic parish in Davao City uses PDMS to monitor services delivered to specific households in a garbage dump area in barangay Agdao.

LPRAP Process and Tools In Use LPRAP process has been brought to:

the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste and in Solomon Islands in the Pacific.

Under the EU-funded Development of Resources and Access to Municipal

Services (DReAMS) Project, LPRAP Process is being integrated with eco-budgeting replicated in India, Bhutan and Bangladesh starting this year.

Lessons Learned from LPRAP Experience in Bohol To combat poverty, we need: Legal mandates from national level Political leadership at local level A common Framework to facilitate the cooperation of all sectors A two-pronged strategy consisting of

effective service delivery and provision of livelihood assistance

Lessons Learned Meaningful participation of the people,

especially the target communities and households

Focus on priority groups (children, elderly and the disabled; the poorest of the poor; basic sectors, communities and households (and those in conflict situation)

Focus on poverty landscapes and areas vulnerable to natural disasters

“Upper Jaw, Lower Jaw” approach

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Notes on PDMS POVERTY DATABASE Monitoring System

SUSTAINABLE IMPACT

SUSTAINABILITY FORMULA

Database + Interventions + Values

BOHOL LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION,

INC. Balay Kahayag Training Center, Upper Laya, Baclayon, Bohol Telefax: (63) 38 540-9327 Website: http://www.povertycafe.org