News and Announcements

Have CBMS-related questions that bother you? Get help! Visit the CBMS Facebook Group maintained by LGUs who are implementing CBMS. See it here!

The CBMS-Philippines is  highlighted in the Philippine Information Agency website last January 15, 2012! Click here.

The CBMS-Philippines is featured in Business World November 17, 2011 Issue! Click here.

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CBMS-Philippines Handbook for Practitioners (Version 06-2009-01) now available!     

Poverty Reduction through CBMS

DILG-13 awards Governor Plaza for exemplary CBMS initiative

7th CBMS Philippines National Conference succesfully held on February 7-9, 2011.  Read more here.

Accreditation of Trainors Ongoing. Submit the requirements now! Visit the CBMS Philippines Forum for more information. 

TOT successfully held on February 4-5, 2011. Read more here.

Special initiatives launched! CBMS has launched various initiatives to tackle different issues such as gender, impacts of shocks and development of local communities. Read more 

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About CBMS-Philippines

Year Pilot-tested

Early 1990s

CBMS Coverage Area

20,671 barangays or villages in 776 municipalities and 51 cities in 66 provinces (34 of which are provincewide)

The Community-Based Monitoring System is one of the tools developed in the early 1990s under the Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies (MIMAP) Project -Philippines to provide policymakers and program implementers with a good information base for tracking the impacts of macroeconomic reforms and various policy shocks.

The CBMS work in the Philippines evolved after it was observed that there was no disaggregated data then for planning, program formulation, policy impact and poverty monitoring. There was also a need for support mechanisms for the implementation of the decentralization policy. The CBMS is envisioned to serve as a tool for local governance and complement the national poverty monitoring system. The CBMS can likewise facilitate the implementation of targeted poverty reduction programs with its household and individual level data as well as the monitoring and evaluation of these poverty reduction programs.

Today, the CBMS has been adopted by the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAC) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the local poverty monitoring system and as a tool for localizing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the country. Efforts are underway with the help of national government agencies, local government units (LGUs), non-government organizations (NGOs) and donor agencies to scale up the implementation of the CBMS.

CBMS Philippines Frequently Asked Questions  Read to know the answers to the frequently asked questions on the CBMS.

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Project Activities

• Technical collaboration with partner LGUs, NGOs, donor agencies and other development stakeholders on the implementation and full-scale institutionalization of a CBMS.
• Provision of technical support to concerned national government agencies and other interest groups on poverty assessment and monitoring system-related initiatives as well as in the building of a national repository of CBMS data.
• Advocacy with government and non-government funding organizations for the use of CBMS data in formulating appropriate policies and programs and in targeting eligible beneficiaries.
• Conduct of training workshops on data collection, manual and computerized data processing, data validation, and preparation of socioeconomic profiles using CBMS data.
• Conduct of studies /documentation relating to decentralization and governance, poverty monitoring, applications of CBMS data on geographic information system and preparation of development profiles.
• Refinement of earlier CBMS methodology developed to incorporate recent developments and demands from partners.
• Documentation and dissemination of CBMS experience and related-findings of local partners

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Coverage

20,671 barangays in 776 municipalities and 51 cities in 66 provinces (34 of which are provincewide). Click here for the coverage. Click on the image to view the bigger map.

Multimedia  

CBMS The Philippine Experience  A video on the what, why and how of CBMS.

Global Financial and Economic Crisis  A video of Dr. Michael Spence’s talk on the Global Financial Crisis.

Message of Gov. Vilma Santos for the 7th CBMS National Conference

Poverty Maps See maps at the provincial, municipal, barangay and household levels generated through the CBMS.

Links

Online CBMS Database at Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)

Online CBMS Poverty Maps at National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)

Online CBMS Indicators at Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO)

MDG Localization: MDG Benchmarking and Progress Monitoring using CBMS

Publications

The Geographic Profiling of Poverty and Accessibility: The Case of Two Provinces in the Philippines Alexis M. Fillone, Nicanor Roxas, Jr., Cristela Goce-Dakila

Correlates of Poverty: Evidence from the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Data Rechel G. Arcilla, Frumencio F. Co, Shirlee R. Ocampo

School inputs and student performance in public elementary schools in Palawan: a quantile regression analysis Jan Carlo B. Punong Bayan

The Role of Income and Employment on School Participation Rate in Pasay City and Eastern Samar  Tereso S. Tullao, John Paolo R. Rivera

The Many Faces of Poverty (Volume 2) Part 1, Part 2

Partner Institution

The CBMS -Philippines Project is being implemented by the Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI) of De La Salle University Manila.

The DLSU-AKI's corporate vision merges with its founding institutions' drive for research excellence, policy relevance and overriding concern for poverty alleviation. The institute intends to establish a niche in the area of research by integrating economic an business studies, and by combining macro and micro perspectives. Specifically, the institute hopes to contribute to the improvement of national and local policies and programs, and the strengthening of support institutions. In additions, the institute also expects to help alleviate poverty and pursue sustainable development in teh country through its various research programs.

Contact Information

Inquiries regarding CBMS-Philippines may be sent to:

Dr. Celia M. Reyes
CBMS-Philippines Project Director

Address:  Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies
De La Salle University
Room I-1016 10th Floor, Angelo King International Center
Estrada Corner Arellano Avenue, Malate, Manila, 1004, Philippines
Tel#:       (632) 5262067; 5238888 loc. 274
Fax #:     (632) 5262067
Email:     cbms.network@gmail.com

Research Team Members:

Anne Bernadette E. Mandap

Jasminda A. Quilitis

Marsmath A. Baris Jr.

Alellie B. Sobreviñas

Jeremy L. De Jesus

Novee Lor C. Leyso

Steffie Joi I. Calubayan