Regional Development Plan CAR 2017-2022 Chapter 1
Regional Development Plan CAR 2017-2022 Chapter 1
Regional Development Plan CAR 2017-2022 Chapter 1
Chapter 1
The targets for the PDP 2017-2022 are the The strategies to achieve the targets fall
following: (1) the Philippines will be an under the three major pillars of
upper middle income country by 2022; (2) “Malasakit” (Enhancing the social fabric),
growth will be more inclusive as “Pagbabago” (Reducing inequality), and
manifested by a lower poverty incidence in “Patuloy na pag-unlad” (Increasing growth
the rural areas, from 30 percent in 2015 to potential). There are cross-cutting
20 percent in 2022; (3) the unemployment strategies as well, to support the other
rate will decline from the current 5.5 interventions and to provide a solid
percent to 3-5 percent in 2022; (4) there bedrock for all strategies to work.
will be greater trust in government and in
society; (5) individuals and societies will be