Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 Overall Framework

Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022:

First of four medium-term plans aimed at realizing AmBisyon Natin 2040, the long-term
vision of Filipinos for a secure and comfortable life for all.
Focuses on inclusive and sustainable economic growth to enhance the quality of life for
Filipinos.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic:
Midway through the plan, the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic, significantly affecting
the country's socioeconomic development.
PDP was updated to build on previous progress and address the challenges posed by the
pandemic.
Prioritizes the health and resilience of Filipinos as the foundation for achieving AmBisyon
Natin 2040.
Updated Headline Targets:
Core indicators and headline targets were established to achieve the desired outcomes.
Accomplishments from 2017 to 2019 were mixed, with certain targets being met while
others fell short.
Progress made in fostering inclusive growth, building a high-trust and resilient society,
and developing a globally-competitive knowledge economy.
Key reforms were implemented in the first half of the Plan period.
Immediate Socioeconomic Impact of Pandemic:
The pandemic had a substantial impact in 2020, expected to extend into 2021 and 2022.
Some targets for these years were revised downwards due to disruptions caused by the
pandemic.
Targets for 2020 were maintained despite disruptions in government and private sector
programs.
Adaptive planning was employed to address urgent requirements and mitigate the
pandemic's adverse effects.
Government Response and Planning:
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-
EID) was formed.
The Technical Working Group on Anticipatory and Forward Planning (TWG-AFP) was
established to assess pandemic impacts and provide recommendations.
The "We Recover As One" report by TWG-AFP identified critical programs to support
vulnerable sectors and mitigate the pandemic's impact.
Budgets of most government agencies were reduced to allocate funds for immediate
health and social protection needs of affected populations.
PDP 2017-2022 Core Indicators and Headline Targets

GDP (Growth Rates):

Baseline Value (2016): 7.1%
Plan Targets:
2017: 6.5-7.5%
2018: 7.0-8.0%
2019: 7.0-8.0%
2020-2022: 7.0-8.0% (each year)
2021-2022: 6.5-7.5% (each year)
GNI per Capita (Growth Rates):
Baseline Value (2015): 4.5%
Plan Targets:
2017-2018: 4.5%
2019-2022: 5.0-6.0% (each year)
Poverty Incidence (% of Population):
Baseline Value (2015): 23.5%
Plan Targets:
2017: 17.3-19.3%
2018-2019: Not specified
2020-2022: 15.5-17.5% (each year)
Subsistence Incidence (%):
Baseline Value (2015): 9.1%
Plan Targets:
2017: 6.8%
2018-2019: Not specified
2020-2022: 5.0-7.0% (each year)
Food Inflation (%):
Baseline Value (2016): 1.7%
Plan Targets:
2017-2022: 2.0-4.0% (each year)
HDI (Human Development Index):
Baseline Value (2015): 0.701
Plan Targets:
2017-2019: Increasing (specific values not provided)
2020: N/A
2021-2022: Increasing (specific values not provided)
Unemployment Rate (%):
Baseline Value (2016): 5.4%
Plan Targets:
2017: 5.1-5.4%
2018: 4.7-5.3%
2019: 4.3-5.3%
2020: 3.8-5.2%
2021-2022: 7.0-9.0% (each year)
Employment Generated (Count):
Baseline Value (2016): Not Available
Plan Targets:
2017-2020: 900,000-1.1 million jobs created (each year)
2021-2022: 2.4-2.8 million (2021) and 1.0-1.2 million (2022)
Youth Unemployment Rate (%):
Baseline Value (October 2016): 11.5%
Plan Targets:
2017: 11.0%
2018: 10.4%
2019: 9.8%
2020: 9.2%
2021-2022: 14.5-16.5% (each year)
Underemployment Rate in Areas Outside NCR (%):
Baseline Value (2016): 19.7%
Plan Targets:
2017: 18.3-20.3%
2018-2019: 17.8-19.8%
2020: 17.4-19.4%
2021: 16.9-18.9%
2022: 16.0-18.0%
2022: 15.5-17.5%
Gender Inequality Index (GII - Rank):
Baseline Value (2016): 74 out of 128 economies
Plan Targets:
2017-2022: Increasing (specific values not provided), aiming to be in the top one-third globally.
Medium-Term Goal (by the end of 2022):
Priority on the health and resilience of Filipinos to achieve the aspiration of a matatag,
maginhawa, at panatag na buhay (strong, comfortable, and secure life).
Economic growth in 2021 and 2022 is expected to be within 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent due
to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of reaching upper middle-income
status is likely to be achieved by 2022 or earlier.
Gross National Income (GNI) per capita targets are 5.0 percent to 6.0 percent in 2021 and
2022, respectively.
Poverty Incidence:
Due to the pandemic, the decline in overall poverty from 2015 to 2018 couldn't be
sustained. The target for 2021 is 15.5 percent to 17.5 percent compared to 16.7 percent in
2018. The initial target of 14 percent by 2022 is still achievable.
Subsistence poverty is expected to be reduced to 5 percent by 2021 and 2022, down
from 9.1 percent in 2015.
Food inflation will be maintained at 2 percent to 4 percent in 2021 and 2022.
Human Development:
Human Development Index (HDI) has been gradually increasing from 2015 to 2019 and is
expected to continue this trend until 2022.
Unemployment:
There was an improvement in employment levels from 2017 to 2019. Unemployment
increased in 2020 due to the pandemic and is expected to gradually recover in 2021 and
2022.
Unemployment targets in 2021 and 2022 are revised to 7 percent to 9 percent, creating
2.4 to 2.8 million jobs in 2021 and 1.0 to 1.2 million jobs in 2022. Youth unemployment is
expected to increase to 14.5 percent to 16.5 percent in 2021 and 20.5 percent to 22.5
percent in 2022.
The target for underemployment in areas outside National Capital Region (NCR) is 16
percent to 18 percent in 2021 and 15.5 percent to 17.5 percent in 2022.
Innovative Society:
The Philippines’ rank in the Global Innovation Index (GII) significantly improved, reaching
54th out of 129 economies in 2019 and further improving to 50th out of 133 countries in
2020.
The target is for the Philippines to be among the top one-third (40th to 42nd rank) in the
GII by 2022.
Strategic Framework

Strategic Framework Update:

The PDP 2017-2022 strategic framework was updated to align with the imperatives for
recovery and the new and better normal.
Goal: Achieve a healthy and resilient Philippines.
Three Major Pillars:
Malasakit: Focuses on building a high-trust society.
Pagbabago: Centers on transforming towards equity and resiliency.
Patuloy na Pag-unlad: Aims at increasing growth potential.
Supporting Strategies:
Strategies under these pillars work towards the aligned objectives.
Crosscutting Strategies:
Crosscutting strategies are in place to support various interventions across the
framework.
Bedrock Strategies:
Fundamental strategies, serving as the foundation for the entire framework, are
implemented.
Chapter 5: Ensuring Responsive, People-centered, Technology-enabled, and Clean Governance
Focuses on transparent, accountable, and efficient institutions and public services.
Accelerates shift to digital platforms for citizen engagement, service delivery, and
accountability mechanisms.
Local government units (LGUs) capacitated for Supreme Court ruling implementation.
Public service continuity plans to be formulated across government agencies.
Chapter 6: Pursuing Swift, Fair, and Humane Administration of Justice
Streamlines and harmonizes justice sector processes using digital platforms.
Coordination among justice sector agencies strengthened.
Chapter 7: Promoting Philippine Culture and Values towards Bayanihan
Increases cultural awareness and recognition of cultural diversity.
Aims for whole-of-government and whole-of-society response and recovery from the
pandemic through cultural initiatives.
Chapter 8: Expanding Economic Opportunities in Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Focuses on supporting small farmers, fisherfolk, and MSMEs for diversification and rural
development.
Addresses challenges in land and water resources, climate change vulnerability, and weak
extension services.
Chapter 9A: Expanding Economic Opportunities in Industry
Aims to increase sector output through Industry 4.0 technologies.
Prioritizes reforms to support the digital economy and enhance competitiveness.
Chapter 9B: Expanding Economic Opportunities in Services
Focuses on digital-based services to boost sector growth.
Reforms aimed at attracting investments and competitiveness in relevant services sub-
sectors.
Chapter 9C: Expanding Access to Economic Opportunities in I&S for Startups, MSMEs, and
Cooperatives
Promotes business inclusion for startups, MSMEs, and cooperatives.
Focuses on implementing reforms and assisting enterprises to reconfigure operations under
the new normal.
Chapter 10: Transforming Human Capital Development Towards Greater Agility
Focuses on addressing challenges related to malnutrition, early pregnancy, and quality of
education.
Aims to enhance health and education services to unlock Filipinos' full potential.
Chapter 11: Ensuring Food Resiliency and Reducing Vulnerabilities of Filipinos
Focuses on providing social protection for vulnerable groups.
Enhances social protection programs, expands Social Security System (SSS) coverage, and
institutes employment insurance schemes.
Chapter 12: Building Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities
Shifts focus from socialized housing to human settlements development.
Focuses on building safe, resilient, and sustainable communities through the BALAI program.
Chapter 13: Reaching for the Demographic Dividend Across All Regions
Implements programs to mitigate pandemic's short and long-term effects.
Focuses on addressing malnutrition, access to health services, and quality of graduates for
employment.
Chapter 14: Vigorously Advancing Science, Technology, and Innovation
Focuses on strengthening the country's weak science, technology, and innovation (STI)
ecosystem.
Emphasizes health and resiliency technologies and support services for startups and MSMEs.
Chapter 15: Ensuring Sound Macroeconomic Policy
Promotes responsive fiscal policy, enhanced LGU capacity, improved private sector
participation, and recalibrated debt management.
Implements key reforms such as CREATE Act, FIST Act, and GUIDE Act to ensure a sound
financial sector and provide liquidity and credit guarantees to affected sectors.
Chapter 16: Promoting Competition
Reinforces the Philippine Competition Act.
Focuses on creating an economic playing field, regulatory reform, and improved trade
policies to stimulate investments and boost competitiveness.
Chapter 17: Attaining Just and Lasting Peace
Focuses on smooth transition process in the BARMM and localized peace engagements.
Delivers remaining commitments under closure agreements and sustains interventions in
conflict-affected areas.
Chapter 18: Ensuring Security, Public Order, and Safety
Focuses on building inclusive growth, high-trust society, and a globally competitive
knowledge economy.
Strengthens security forces and campaigns against criminality, illegal drugs, and violent
extremism.
Chapter 19: Accelerating Infrastructure Development
Focuses on plugging the infrastructure gap through BBB agenda.
Reassesses strategies and targets considering resource constraints due to the pandemic.
Chapter 20: Ensuring Ecological Integrity, Clean, and Healthy Environment
Focuses on improving the environment, increasing resilience of resource-dependent
communities, and addressing governance issues.
Ensures basic needs of air quality and food, especially in the context of human health.
Chapter 21: Protecting the Rights, Promoting the Welfare, and Expanding Opportunities for
Overseas Filipinos
Focuses on supporting repatriated and returning OFWs, enhancing skills, and facilitating local
re-employment.
Strengthens OFWs' engagement in governance and promotes their rights and well-being.