www.pep-net.org ISSN:1908-6989 Vol. V No. 2, March 2008 Mayor of Cotonou, bares 6-point agenda in light of CBMS results 4. Facilitation of an Anti-Malaria Left and bottom right: Typical source Campaign of drinking water A joint action between the town council and the Ministry of Health aimed at protecting the population from Malaria will be facilitated.

5. Building of Water Kiosks The town council will build water kiosks for households that do not have the means to Typical dwelling unit subscribe to the Benin National Water Mayor Nicéphore Diéudonné Soglo Company.

6. Building of a Technical Learning School in Gbedegbe There are already two colleges of general education in the 13th District but these are located very far from the area of Gbedegbe which is in need of either a college of

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Inside he city council of Cotonou, following priorities in Cotonou’s 6-Point T Benin, through its Mayor, the Agenda: Honorable Nicéphore Dieudonné CBMS Research Grants Program Soglo, has outlined several priority 1. Building of Public Latrines attracts 18 applications from programs, projects and activities (PPAs) The town council proposed to build public research institutions for the city, which are expected to uplift latrines in the areas of Agla, Ahogbohoué, the living conditions of households, Aibatin and Houénoussou. worldwide 3 particularly those located in the 13th District of Cotonou. 2. Building of a Public Health Center The only public health center which caters 5th National CBMS Conference This developed after the CBMS Team in to the healthcare needs of the entire Highlights Immense Progress Benin unveiled its report in 2006 population in the 13th district is located in in Use of the CBMS 4 - 5 highlighting the substantial deficiencies Houénoussou. Owing to its distance to the in the provision of basic infrastructure, other areas, it is convenient to build utilities and social services in the district another public health center in Agla. composed of the areas of Agla, Updates on CBMS Country Ahogbohoué, Aibatin, Gbedegbé, 3. Strengthening of Electricity and Projects 6 - 7 Houénoussou and Missité. Water Supply Networks The town council proposed to strengthen 6-point agenda for Cotonou the electricity and water supply networks 7th PEP Meeting to be held in Mayor Soglo, who served as Prime Minister in order to allow the households in the 13th the Philippines 12 of Benin from 1990 to 1991 and President district to have access to electricity and from 1991 to 1996, has defined the water. Project Updates Benin

Mayor of...from page 1 * Installation of public latrines to reduce Patterned after a national survey known defecation in nature. This is especially as Integrated Modular Survey on the Living prevalent in Azéhounholi and Voli where Conditions of Households, the CBMS general education or a technical college. 44.3 percent and 40.4 percent, initiative in the country aims to provide Hence, the inclusion of this item in the respectively, of their population do not disaggregated data at the local level to agenda. have access to sanitary toilets. support the decentralization process which started in December 2004. To accomplish the above, the town council * Construction of school buildings for both will collaborate with the district head, the primary and secondary levels. The country’s Observatory of Social Change area leaders and the development at that time only monitored poverty and committees in the following tasks: * Establishment of a public transport measured its impact at the national level determination of the construction sites, system to serve the district of Adogbé. and could not provide disaggregated estimation of the cost of the projects and information at the commune, district and cost-sharing arrangements, exploration * Construction of a public health center in area levels. of the possibility of seeking Azéhounholi where the inhabitants still complementary financing from have to travel for 60 minutes in order to During the development phase of the development partners, and identification reach a health center. project, the CBMS Team in Benin was able of arrangements pertaining to the to identify a core set of indicators that management of the infrastructures after CBMS in Benin were collected for each commune (see their construction. Two years after the CBMS was pilot tested table below). in the country, the CBMS Project Team in The City of Cotonou where the 13th District Benin has successfully installed the The initial development of CBMS work in is located is the economic capital of Benin system in three communes in the country, the country was administered by the as well as its largest city. It houses many collected information from a total of Cellule d’Analyse de Politique Economique of the country’s government and 16,300 households composed of a total (CAPE), in cooperation with the CBMS- diplomatic services and is considered as population of 57,850, and drafted profiles Benin Project Team headed by Dr. Marie Benin’s de facto capital even if the official of these communes based on the CBMS Odile Attanasso. ❋ capital is Porto-Novo. data gathered from these sites.

Strategic recommendations Meanwhile, the CBMS Team in Benin has also made the following recommendations to the local authorities in the District of CBMS Core Indicators, Benin Adogbé in light of the CBMS survey results Dimensions Indicators in the area: Demography and Social Population by age and sex, population structure, Characteristics sex of household head, etc. * Provision of access to electricity to Illiterates by age and sex households especially because only less Health and Nutrition Distance between health centers and dwelling than a third of the population of the units, prevalence of common diseases, district of Adogbé use electricity. classification by order of importance of common diseases * Construction of a stand-pipe fountain for Conditions of Dwelling Units Proportion of households according to type of the households that use water from dwelling, proportion of households according to unprotected wells (24.4 % for the entire the construction materials of the roof of district). dwelling units, proportion of households according to number of rooms * Installation of a facility that will recycle Access to Water and Proportion of inhabitants who use different types of water household waste (82.6 % of the total Sanitation supply sources and toilets number of households in the district still Access to Energy Proportion of individuals according to the mode dispose of their wastes in nature). of lighting, proportion of individuals according to the mode of energy used in the * Provision of access to an improved kitchen hearth for all the households of the Possession of Inheritance Proportion of individuals according to the type Adogbé district where the majority use of inheritance firewood (71.3 %) in order to reduce Socio-community data Distribution of education, health, boutique consumption and to slow down market and transport service infrastructures desertification. Migration Proportion of individuals who have migrated

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CBMS Research Grants Program attracts 18 applications from research institutions worldwide

he CBMS Network Research given opportunities to participate in the CBMS network’s database as well as access Grants Program, which provides CBMS and PEP network’s training to technical support from the network’s funding to support new CBMS initiatives in T workshops and conferences, access to the pool of technical advisors. ❋ developing countries, has recently attracted a total of 18 applications from CBMS Network: Project Proposals 2007-2008 research institutions worldwide. Eleven of Title Country Project Proponent these proposals came from Africa, five from Asia, one from South America and AFRICA another from Europe. The titles and 1 CBPMS in the Communes of So-ava Benin SSCP/BENIN and proponents are summarized in the table 2 MDG CBMS in Malawi Malawi African Institute for below. Development Research 3 Development and Pilot test of a Child South Africa Children’s Institute, Poverty CBMS in South Africa University of Cape Town Thus far, only the proposal submitted by the SMERU Research Institute in Indonesia 4 Developing a Sierra Leone Community- Sierra Leone Moyamba District titled “The Implementation of CBMS in the Based Poverty Assessment Tracking System City of Pekalongan, Indonesia” had been 5 Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction Cameroon Institute for Agricultural approved by the CBMS Steering Committee in Rural Cameroon using the CBMS Research and Development while the rest are still undergoing review. Approach 6 Fostering Poverty Reduction Liberia Liberia Democratic Institute Mechanism through Rigorous According to the CBMS Network Research and Monitoring of Coordinating Team, which is Poverty Stricken Issues for administering the research grants Decentralized Human Development 7 Community-Based Poverty Monitoring University of Nigeria Nsukka program, up to nine grants in the System in Nigeria: A Community maximum amount of US$ 50,000 will be Participation Approach awarded to research institutions, national 8 Application of Community Directed Nigeria Youth Development and Social Intervention to Combat Poverty, Research (YDSR) government agencies and local Improve Access to Health and government units from developing Education in North Eastern Nigeria countries except for those countries where 9 Climate Change and Poverty in Arid South South Africa Center for Development the CBMS is currently being implemented Africa: Using a CBMS Approach to Support, University of the such as Bangladesh, Benin, , Determine Local, Regional and National Free State Cambodia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Planning Implications Kenya, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, the 10 Community-Based Monitoring System in Uganda African Training, Research and Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, and Kumi District, Uganda Innovation Network (A-TRAIN) Vietnam. The grants will be for the 11 Community-Based Monitoring System Cote d’ Ivoire Unite de Regionale development and pilot testing of the CBMS in Cote d’ Ivoire d’Enseignment Superierur de Korhogo (Ures Korhogo) in countries which do not as yet have a ASIA CBMS and for the support of the expansion 1 CBPM in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka SPARC-University of Colombo and institutionalization of the CBMS in 2 Yunnan Rural CBMS Project Development China The Center for Community and Pilot test Development Studies countries that have found them to be 3 The Implementation of CBMS in the Indonesia SMERU Research Institute feasible. One of the major considerations City of Pekalongan in Indonesia in the evaluation of the proposals is the 4 CBMS Network Research Proposal Thailand Department of Agricultural and Resource Economic, Kasetsart assurance that the proposed design University adheres to basic CBMS features and will 5 Community Empowerment through Mongolia Centre for Social Development work in the local context. Community-Based Monitoring System in Mongolia SOUTH AMERICA Grant applications are categorized into 1 Developing a CBMS in the Peru Universidad Catolica Santo two: (1) development and pilot test of a Northern Region of Peru Toribio de Mogrovejo CBMS, and (2) expansion and EUROPE 1 Local Level Poverty Monitoring Albania Statistical Research Center & institutionalization of a CBMS. Aside from System (LLPMS) in Albania Information and Technology the financial support, grantees will be (SRC&IT)

CBMS Network Updates 3 March 2008 News Updates Philippines 5th National CBMS Conference highlights immense progress in use of the CBMS

ow on its fifth year, the National the ability to go about Views from the local N Conference on the Community- without shame, employment, level Based Monitoring System (CBMS) held on psychological and subjective As if in answer to the January 30 to February 01, 2008 at the well-being. challenge posed by Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel is so Undersecretary Panadero, far the biggest gathering of CBMS He said that the CBMS Mayor Antonio Raymundo stakeholders from all over the country. currently includes some of Jr. of Orion, Bataan said these missing dimensions but that while his Keynoting the opening day of the event added that: (i) the security administration’s initial was Secretary Domingo Panganiban, Lead and employment indicators Dr. W. Randy Spence focus was to use CBMS as Convenor of the National Anti-Poverty of CBMS can be further ESDA-Canada a tool to localize the Commission (NAPC). Also sharing the stage expanded, and (ii) Millennium Development with him as keynote speakers for the empowerment and dignity indicators can Goals (MDGs), today, the whole other days were Dr. W. Randy Spence of be added. He disclosed that these municipality and all its 23 barangays are the Economic and Social Development additional indicators of well-being will be also using CBMS results as basis in Affiliates (ESDA-Canada), and Under- pilot tested in the Philippines to determine formulating their Annual Investment Secretary Austere Panadero of the the extent of their added value, in relation Plans and identifying priority programs, Department of the Interior and Local to the cost of data collection using these projects and activities. For instance, the Government (DILG). new indicators in the CBMS, PhP65,000 allocation for small and to enable the infrastructure projects for each barangay In his keynote address, refinement and was scrapped to give way to MDG- Secretary Panganiban simplification of such underscored the need for responsive projects such as construction indicators for potential use of water systems, construction of timely and accurate in the Philippines and other information on the number, additional health facilities and provision CBMS countries. According to of additional medical equipment. location and actual living him, it is anticipated that the conditions of the Filipino poor. additional information on Meanwhile, Governor Maria Valentina He acknowledged that the security, employment, Plaza of the Province of Agusan del Sur paucity of information has had dignity and empowerment Sec. Domingo recounted how CBMS results have serious repercussions on the will help further improve the Panganiban, NAPC facilitated the formulation government’s bid to improve design and of appropriate basic services in impoverished effectiveness of local interventions and the communities and reduce poverty levels in government budgets, targeting of eligible the country. He concluded that the services and programs. adoption of the CBMS is a significant step beneficiaries for said programs. For example, the forward in the nation’s struggle to give For his part, DILG CBMS has provided inputs more Filipino families a just share of the Undersecretary Austere to the planning of the national wealth and therefore deserves Panadero said that CBMS provincial government’s the support and commitment of everyone. data can indeed be used in Convergence Development identifying the priority Program (CDP) as well as Meanwhile, Dr. W. Randy Spence, who development issues at the Undersecretary Austere the prioritization of once served as Senior Program Specialist local level. He stressed, Panadero, DILG in economics for the International geographic areas. The CDP however, that the main Development Research Centre (IDRC- aims to pool together local resources in challenge for local government units Canada) and as Director of IDRC’s Regional order to have a focused and integrated (LGUs) today is to translate the diagnosis Office for Southeast and East Asia in strategy that would maximize the impact into appropriate interventions and Singapore, spoke about how some central of programs and projects for economic mobilize resources to finance their dimensions of well-being are generally and social development. At present, 32 implementation. not measured and targeted. These barangays and households whose dimensions include physical safety, monthly incomes do not go beyond agency and empowerment, and dignity or PhP2,000 are being targeted.

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5th National CBMS...from p.4 On the part of the country’s national years. “We initially started with a planning body, the National Economic and sprinkling of local government units but Another program that has used the CBMS Development Authority (NEDA), Director today, they constitute the majority of outputs during its planning is the Erlinda Capones of the Social Development participants to this annual gathering of Mindanao Rural Development Program Staff said that the Medium-Term Philippine CBMS stakeholders,” she said. (MRDP). Specifically, it used the CBMS Development Plan (MTPDP) for 2004-2010 outputs in evaluating the welfare status targets the expansion of the CBMS At least 3 governors attended the of barangays and in ranking them in the coverage to all LGUs by 2010. This implies conference, together with 55 mayors, a municipalities of Santa Josefa and that the daunting challenge of socially number of councilors and barangay Prosperidad. Meanwhile, analysis of marketing the CBMS, conducting officials and several LGU personnel. CBMS-generated data on indigenous orientation sessions, facilitating the peoples (IPs) in selected areas has been training modules and coaching the data Monitoring the achievement of the conducted by the National Commission on gathering and processing activities to the MDGs using CBMS Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in evaluating country’s 81 provinces, 136 cities, 1425 The event was jointly organized by the applications for Certificates of Ancestral municipalities and 41,995 barangays must CBMS Network Coordinating Team, the Domain (CADT). be met. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), the Department of the On the other hand, Councilor Celia Flor of CBMS-UNDP Development Grants Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Bacolod City discussed the research One of the highlights of the conference National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) findings of the CBMS-Gender Responsive was the awarding of a total of PhP1.56 and the League of Municipalities of the Budgeting study and noted that the million to the third set of grantees of the Philippines (LMP), with generous support system has provided a clearer CBMS-UNDP Development Grant Program. from the United Nations Population Fund understanding of the status of women and The grantees included 8 LGUs from Agusan (UNFPA), United Nations Development men, particularly on the following areas: del Sur, Camarines Norte, Eastern Samar Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines, household roles, asset ownership and and Palawan. The funds will be used to Social Watch Philippines, the International community/political participation. Ms. finance barangay-based poverty reduction Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Nancy Spence, Director of ESDA-Canada programs identified through the survey the Canadian International Development and former Coordinator of the Women in results of the CBMS. Agency (CIDA). Development of CIDA’s ASEAN Regional Development Program, compared the Launched during the 3rd National With the theme “Monitoring the CBMS-GRB to other global models. She Conference on CBMS, the CBMS-UNDP Achievement of the Millennium said that the CBMS-GRB initiative is a best Development Grant Program was formed to Development Goals in the Philippines practice model which is more responsive to build partnerships among communities and Using CBMS,” the conference consisted of women’s needs. She also expressed various sectors in the design and keynote presentations and panel optimism that the initiative could develop implementation of appropriate discussions on the following: (i) localizing spin-offs into advocacy areas and be interventions in pursuit of meeting the the MDGs using CBMS, (ii) managing health replicated in other countries in Latin MDGs, in particular, poverty reduction. It service delivery and population America and Africa. also aims to promote good governance and management using CBMS, (iii) CBMS greater transparency in resource repositories, (iv) local level planning and Messages of support and allocation through evidence-based budgeting, (v) using CBMS for program commitment needs identification, program design targeting and impact monitoring, (vi) using The commitment and support from a wide and impact monitoring. CBMS as a tool for implementing regional range of stakeholders for the CBMS has development strategies, (vii) improving been steadily growing over the years. Participant demographics local governance and accountability Mayor Ramon Guico, National President of The 3-day conference has attracted the through CBMS, and (viii) enriching the League of Municipalities of the biggest attendance as yet of the various partnerships for scaling up MDG initiatives Philippines, for instance, committed to stakeholders in the country with over 350 and poverty reduction using CBMS. support the implementation of the CBMS participants composed of local chief to broaden the participation of the executives, development practitioners, The conference was also preceded by a municipalities in what he described as a policymakers, academicians and two-day training on advanced courses on “worthwhile undertaking”. He said that researchers from north to south of the data processing and poverty mapping one of the areas that the League wants to Philippines. where 41 CBMS implementers and trainors replicate in Philippine municipalities is the from various LGUs, national government innovation and excellence of their Dr. Celia Reyes, PEP Co-Director and CBMS agencies and non-government members in the implementation of the Network Leader, noted how the participant organizations attended. ❋ CBMS. demographics have changed through the

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❋ Project Updates Zambia ZRDC, partners set guidelines for pilot testing of CBMS-

Zambia project Enumerators during a briefing/orientation

The Zambia Research and suggestions were also made on how to status of individuals, and observance of T Development Centre (ZRDC), the conduct the pilot test as follows: culture norms to avoid the stigma that presidential office, government agencies, seems to aggravate some patients’ health non-government organizations, local 1. Participation of more players in the conditions; government units and local communities project, including their conceptualization 3. Treatment of all CBMS-Zambia in Zambia have set the guidelines for the of implementation methods and information and publications as a property pilot testing of the poverty data collection strategies; of the Zambia government and sharing of project called Community-Based 2. Grant of access to all stakeholders on all intellectual property rights among the Monitoring System-Zambia (CBMS-Zambia) the information gathered to ensure implementing institutions, i.e., the ZRDC in Mungule. resource accountability, allow and the funding agency, the International multisectoral monitoring of the project, Development The project management team (PMT) of and instill Research Centre ZRDC, a social and economic development confidence and (IDRC) ; consultant in Zambia, and the CBMS team trust in the Typical source of 4. Securing of have conducted several meetings with the research outputs for drinking water clearance from the involved groups to orient the latter on the easy assimilation Ethics Committee of project, including how the collected data and decisionmaking the University of will be used for local planning, by policymakers; Zambia (UNZA) policymaking and project prioritization. and before any The data to be collected during a four- 3. Provision of information is made month period will also be made available to transportation and available for public higher offices such as the Office of the logistical needs, consumption; President for the monitoring of the including t-shirts 5. Presentation of implementation of the CBMS project. for identification project reports to and raincoats, to relevant In this regard, all the participating parties the enumerators. committees before have signed a memorandum of these are released understanding providing for transparency In addition, the to the public; in the research outputs. following courses of 6. Assembly of action were likewise teams representing The PMT, which designed the project’s data recommended: different pilot areas; and collection instruments, built working 7. Translation in one major language of relationships and conducted consultative 1. Affirmation of the local traditional ruler all the data collection instruments and meetings with the various stakeholders at (e.g., local chief,ward councilor and the communication mediums. the community level to come up with the Local Development Committee) as project guidelines for the CBMS-Zambia pilot overseer through round table discussions; The participation and support of the testing. 2. Signing of a Conformance and Abidance community members in the CBMS-Zambia Agreement with relevant health pilot test gives the PMT a positive During the meetings, baseline statistics departments to ensure the ethical conduct headstart in the implementation of the about the pilot sites, including a rough map of research, particularly the handling of project. ❋❋ of the sites, were gathered. Several highly sensitive data such as HIV/AIDS

6 CBMS Network Updates March 2008 Kenya Project Updates CBMS Team conducts stakeholder meetings to sensitize communities on LPMS

n preparation for the data The project team also met with Mr. Kofa and do not have a “relief tag” commonly collection activities that were Kasse, District Coordinator of the Kenya associated with organizations such as UN- I scheduled to be carried out during Red Cross, who informed them that the WFP, they might be able to do this wealth the first quarter of 2008, the Kenya CBMS Red Cross has trained local volunteers who ranking activity. Team held a series of stakeholder are sent to monitor field conditions on a meetings on the Local Poverty Monitoring regular basis and bring back reports that Change of pilot sites System (LPMS) in the Tana River District guide their office in making rapid The stakeholder meetings also resulted in from May-November 2007. responses. As a result, the team decided to the change of two out of the three pilot explore the possibility of partnering with sites originally identified in the project According to the African Institute for the Red Cross, particularly in getting the team’s project proposal. Health and Development (AIHD), the services of their volunteers in the data meetings helped the project team to collection activity. Mr. Harisson Morowa, District Arid Lands introduce the LPMS to key stakeholders Resource Management Officer, informed and get their commitment and support Meanwhile, the project team also met with the project team that the initially sampled accordingly. The team also gained a Mr. James Odour, the Coordinator of the sub-location- Hola Mission in Galole meaningful understanding of the local Natural Resources and Drought division - would not give the team adequate dynamics in the pilot sites, the local Management Component of the Arid Lands information concerning the livelihood terrain features and their potential impact Resource Management Project funded by patterns of the residents because the sub- on the research activities that are going to the World Bank, who informed them that location is in Hola Town. Mr. Morowa be conducted in the area. As a result, the they get information for their resources argued that it might be difficult for the team was able to develop a more realistic and drought management systems directly research team to ascertain ‘genuine’ from work plan. from the field through local monitors but ‘false’ information since most of the town saw a need for the community to know dwellers are not permanent residents of Meetings with key stakeholders what each indicator means to them. The the district. They might also give their Conducted intermittently over a span of team pointed out to Mr. Odour that this is opinions from a third party perspective, seven months, the stakeholder meetings a gap that the LPMS Project hopes to fill. thereupon skewing the data collected. He involved consultations and dialogues with This will be done through a training that therefore suggested to replace the Hola district and divisional officers, non- will be offered to community members in Mission with the Laini sub-location in government organizations and order to help them analyze and interpret Galole Division which has a population of community-based organizations. The village-level indicators. marginal mixed farmers. Mr. Morowa also project team initially contacted the Tana informed the team that Meti sub-location River District Commissioner’s Office where The project team also met with the United in Bura division has the same livelihood they were able to secure a clearance to Nations World Food Program (UN-WFP) pattern as the Laini sub-location (marginal conduct the research in the area. Vulnerability Assessment Mapping(VAM) mixed farmers) in Galole division. He Unit which carries out biannual likewise advised the team to replace Meti Meanwhile, the Assistant Chief for Laini assessments in order to come up with the sub-location with Walesorhea sub-location sub-location offered to facilitate the approximate number of people affected by (livestock keeping) in Bura division. mobilization of village elders and the various hazards and identify the most provision of security for the project team. vulnerable among them. According to Joao Based on said advice, the team decided to On the other hand, the district officer of Manja and Allan Kute, Program Officers of retain the Tarasaa sub-location (mixed Bangale Division encouraged the team to the VAM Unit, it has been a challenge for farming) but replace the two original sites carry out the research in the area since it them to group people into wealth groups of Meti and Hola Mission sub-locations in would provide them with data on the because people claim that they are all poor favor of the two sub-locations relationship between conflicts and so that they can get aid. They added that recommended by Mr. Morowa. ❋ poverty in the district. since they belong to a research institution

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For inquiries , please write or call: PEP-CBMS Network Coordinating Team Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies 10 Flr. Angelo King International Center Estrada cor. Arellano Sts., Malate, Manila 1004, Philippines Tel No: (632) 523-8888 loc. 274 DL/Telefax No: (632) 526-2067 Researchers of the 3 subnetworks of the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) E-mail: [email protected] Research Network and resource persons pose for the camera at the close of the 6th [email protected] PEP Meeting held last June 14-16, 2007 in Lima, Peru. Editorial Staff evelopment practitioners from all over the world will converge in Manila, Philippines for the 7th Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Network Meeting D Celia M. Reyes on December 9-12, 2008. Editor-in-Chief The meeting will bring together at least 200 researchers and various stakeholders from Asia, Africa and Latin America to share recent developments and methodologies on Jennifer P.T. Liguton Managing Editor poverty analysis as well as to discuss new findings of various research initiatives of the three sub-networks of the PEP, namely, Modeling and Policy Impact Analysis (MPIA), Joel E. Bancolita Marsmath A. Baris, Jr. Poverty Monitoring and Measurement Analysis (PMMA) and the Community-Based Juan Paulo M. Fajardo Monitoring System(CBMS). Among the highlights of this year’s meeting will be a policy Anne Bernadette E. Mandap forum of PEP researchers with invited national and local planners and other development Jasminda A. Quilitis Marilyn S. Ritualo partners, particularly on issues and challenges relating to inclusive growth. For more Alellie B. Sobreviñas updates on the meeting, visit the 7th PEP Network Meeting section of the PEP website Researchers/Writers at www.pep-net.org. ❋

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