Section 2October 21, 2008, Sec./Art. 2

Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared a policy of the State to:

(a) give the highest priority to social reform and focus its intervention to poverty alleviation through rural empowerment;

(b) ensure that national economic development programs will promote the diffusion and more equitable distribution of opportunities, income and wealth across all provinces, cities and municipalities in the country;

(c) strive to enhance the quality of life for all its citizens, especially the underprivileged, by expanding their capacities for economic productivity and increase their incomes to enable them to avail of essential goods and services for their own direct benefit; and

(d) pursue rural development with social inclusion.