2006/08/27
Gov't urged to invest more in millennium goals
Jimmy P. Abayon
Sun Star Dumaguete, Philippines
Professor Leonor M. Briones, Social Watch Philippine co-convener and chairman of the Silliman University Board of Trustees posed the question in her book "Moving Forward with the Millennium Development Goals: May Pera Pa ba?"
The book was published by the University of the Philippines National College of
Public Administration and Governance, together with Social Watch Philippines and
United Nations Development Goals.
Briones recently launched the book, which aims to help fill the dearth of
literature in financing the Millennium Development Goals in the Philippines.
She said that based on the proposed 2006 budget, a shortfall of P14 billion is
expected in education and P7.5 billion in health.
Just to provide water and sanitation for 43 municipalities will require P8.8
billion.
"If it is truly committed to a policy thrust, government has to put its money
where its mouth is," Briones said.
"In order to be meaningful in the commitment, signed by the Philippines under
the Millennium Declaration to eradicate poverty and hunger, provide access to
primary education, improve maternal health, and reduce child mortality, has to
be articulated in the national budget," the former national treasurer said.
The Millennium Declaration signed by the Philippines and other UN member states
in September 2000 embodies the Millennium Development Goals, which are specific
targets and milestones to address extreme poverty worldwide by 2015.
The publication outlines the progress achieved by the Philippines towards
attaining the Millennium Development Goals and proceeds to assess the likelihood
of achieving them by 2015 in the light of the present fiscal situation and
challenging circumstances surrounding governance.
The assessment was made through the viewpoints of the government, reactors, and
graduate students of UP-NCPAG.
The book is a collaborative effort of Briones and her graduate students in
public fiscal administration at the National College of Public Administration
and Governance of the University of the Philippines.
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