Section 4December 11, 1997, Sec./Art. 4

Adoption and integration of Social Reform Agenda (SRA) in the National Anti-Poverty Action Agenda. – The National Anti-Poverty Action Agenda shall principally include the core principles and programs of the Social Reform Agenda (SRA). The SRA shall have a multi-dimensional approach to poverty consisting of the following reforms:

(1) Social dimension access to quality basic services. – These are reforms which refer to equitable control and access to social services and facilities such as education, health, housing, and other basic services which enable the citizens to meet their basic human needs and to live decent lives;

(2) Economic dimension asset reform and access to economic opportunities. – Reforms which address the existing inequities in the ownership, distribution, management and control over natural and man-made resources from which they earn a living or increase the fruits of their labor;

(3) Ecological dimension sustainable development of productive resources. – Reforms which ensure the effective and sustainable utilization of the natural and ecological resource base, thus assuring greater social acceptability and increased participation of the basic sectors in environmental and natural resources conservation, management and development;

(4) Governance dimension democratizing the decision-making and management processes. – Reforms which enable the basic sectors to effectively participate in decision-making and management processes that affect their rights, interests and welfare.

The SRA shall focus on the following sector-specific flagship programs:

(1) For farmers and landless rural workers – agricultural development;

(2) For the fisherfolk – fisheries and aquatic resources conservation, management and development;

(3) For the indigenous peoples and indigenous communities – respect, protection and management of the ancestral domains;

(4) For workers in the informal sector – workers' welfare and protection;

(5) For the urban poor – socialized housing; and

(6) For members of other disadvantaged groups such as the women, children, youth, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and victims of natural and man-made calamities – the Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS).

Additionally, to support the sectoral flagship programs, the following cross-sectoral flagships shall likewise be instituted:

(1) Institution-building and effective participation in governance;

(2) Livelihood programs;

(3) Expansion of micro-credit/microfinance services and capability building; and

(4) Infrastructure buildup and development.

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