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Economic benefits of international labor migration "have not trickled down to the poor
and less developed regions in the country."
In sharp contrast, Go added, the regions in Mindanao, which have high levels of poverty
incidence, have the lowest proportion of OFWs. These include the conflict-ridden
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (the poorest region where the smallest
proportion of migrant workers come from), Central Mindanao (region 12), Southern
Mindanao (region 11), Northern Mindanao (region 10), and Western Mindanao (region
9).
The National Capital Region, according to the 1997 FIES, has 6.4 percent of its residents
at or below the poverty threshold, and contributes 19.1 percent of the country's total
OFWs.
1 - From 1990 to 1999, the percentage of remittances to export earnings is 20.3 percent
2 - From 1990 to 1999, the percentage of remittances to GNP is 5.2 percent
Table 2: 1997 Distribution of OFWs and Poverty Incidence of Families by Region (Go, 2002)
% Distribution of Poverty Incidence of Families
Island Group / Region Rank Rank
OFWs (%)