The Urgent and Inevitable Concept of Philippine Development (Delmar T. Taclibon) Development efforts of the Philippine government should be oriented towards the attainment and sustenance of an improved quality of life of every Filipino as reflected in the interrelated development goals such as the NEDA’s Philippine Development Plan. The development agenda should continue to address the following development concerns: economic development; productivity and growth; equitable distribution of opportunities, income and wealth; including means of production; and poverty alleviation. Towards this end, the centerpiece of the development strategy shall be one that is employment-oriented, rural based and one which maximizes the complementary between agriculture and industry. The overriding goal of alleviating poverty will come with the life-elevation of the rural poor. Rural development and the attainment of equity objectives shall be pursued through the provision of physical infrastructure, the enhancement of social service delivery, the accelerated implementation of agrarian reform and more committed efforts to improve the peace and order condition in the country and maintain political stability. Population growth rates conducive to and supportive of development objectives should be pursued. Moreover, efforts should be intensified to protect the environment. This calls for an implementation of Philippine Strategy for Sustainable Development (PSSD) which integrates economic concerns with adequate protection to biological resources and diversity, vital ecosystem functions, and overall environmental qualities. The goal of development must be classified into the following concern areas: production, finance, foreign trade, natural resources, energy resources, employment, household income, expenditure and prices, population, health and nutrition, political maturity, education, social welfare and community development, public order, safety and justice. The Economic and Social Impact Analysis (ESIS) indicator system should be an instrument by which economic progress and social change embracing political development aspect could be monitored and measured effectively. Economic development shall pave the way of political development wherein the interest of the people in politics will eventually diminish because of their preoccupation in their wealth and value enhancement. Below is a conceptual framework of development. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF DEVELOPMENT: INPUT (POLITICAL/SOCIAL/ECONOMIC) => PROCESS (STRATEGIES) => OUTPUT (DEVELOPMENT) => STABILITY All third world countries like the Philippines, are aspiring to reach a higher stage of development which is industrialization. But in order to reach that stage of development, a genuine agrarian reform (as have been implemented in industrialized Asian countries like Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China) should be first implemented to pave the way of agricultural development. Without developing our agriculture, in no way we can be industrialized. This is precisely because agricultural stability and development must sustain the ravage of eventual industrialization. Agriculture should therefore be able to feed first the population with sustainable surplus for export which is an indicator that indeed we have achieved the first stage of development, which is, agriculture stability. After which the country can now be truly ready to gear for the next stage of development which is, industrialization. Below is the conceptual framework of Agricultural Development. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF AGRICULTURE: INPUT (AGRICULTURE) => PROCESS (GENUINE AGRARIAN REFORM) => OUTPUT (AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT) => HIGHER STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT (INDUSTRIALIZATION) => TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (CUMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; NANO TECHNOLOGY) Development in its economic terms, it is the capacity of the national economy to generate and sustain an annual increase in its Gross National Product (GNP) at rates of perhaps 5% to 10 %. For development to really exist, the GNP and the GDP should consistently increase at a rational rate. Supplemental indicators of sustainable development are as follows: 1. Per Capita GNP growth – the nation should have the ability to expand its output at a rate faster than the growth rate of its population, 2. There must also be existing manufacturing and service share of production and employment, 3. There must also be trickling down effect of the economic development. That is, the gains of the national economy must be felt by the poor or the grass root level (via salary increases- that will eventually reverted back to propel the economy through domestic spending), and 4. Sustainable Agricultural Production with Surplus for Export. Delmar Topinio Taclibon, Bt., DKR, KRSS, MBA, Ph.D.D.A. (Re-posted April 1, 2014)
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 02:30:23 +0000
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