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Closing the Gap: The Mindanao Catch-Up Plan
In the Mindanao
Peace and Development Program (MPDP), PBSP catalyzes both
the business and civil society sectors to be involved in programs
that contribute directly to the long-term peace and development in
Mindanao. Dubbed as a Catch-Up Plan, MPDP envisions bringing the living
standards in the poorer provinces in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) and the Special Zone of Peace and Development (SZOPAD)
on par with the more progressive areas in the region. Family incomes
will be raised to above-poverty levels and people will be provided
access to education and basic social services.
At present, MPDP is being implemented in selected areas of the Caraga
Region, ARMM and SZOPAD particularly, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga
del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte, Maguindanao and North
Cotabato. Long-term programs will address the following development
issues:
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Land Tenure |
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Community-building
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