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The Strategic Private Sector Partnerships
for Urban Poverty Reduction in Metro Manila (STEP-UP) Program reaches
out to help improve the lives of 5,823 urban poor households from
23 selected communities in 9 cities in Metro Manila.
Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is implementing STEP-UP
through its National Capital Region-Area Resource
Management Program and is responsible for harnessing private sector
participation to complement the financial grant of Japan
Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) being administered by the Asian
Development Bank (ADB). Major partners of the program are the
Department of Finance, Housing
and Urban Development Coordinating Council--as the Executing Agency
of the program, local government units, business sectors, homeowners
associations, non-government organizations, and government line agencies.
The distinct character of this three-year project is the strategic
and focused participation of the private sector, whose contribution
will match that of JFPR, and a pronounced risk-management component
to help the urban poor cope with, if not, prevent common disasters
affecting them, especially fire and flooding.
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“I
am proud of the project because unlike many for so-called
poverty reduction, here the help is pinpointed… there
is accountability, there is a scorecard. We are departing
from the mentality of a dole out.”
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Juan
B. Santos,
Former
PBSP Trustee and Chair of STEP-UP Program, Chair
Nestle Philippine |
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