THE Philippine Human Development Report 2012/2013 identified
Marinduque as among the few provinces in the country that shares high values
with their neighbours, speeding the human development progress of its people.
The report, released by the United Nation Development
Program (UNDP) and National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) this week,
means the province exhibited strong local neighbourhood effects in human
development agenda.
The UNDP defined human development as a way of giving people
more life choices — to lead a long and healthy life, to be educated and
knowledgeable, and to enjoy a decent standard of living. The human development
index (HDI) was measured as a composite statistics of these three categories.
“Some locations exhibit strong local neighbourhood effects
over the period: provinces in the Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM),
for example, and a number of other provinces in Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao
Norte, Sultan Kudarat) are cold spots. On the other hand, Romblon and
Marinduque are hot spots,” the report said.
The term “hot spot” in the report means the province shares
similarly high values with its neighbours.
The report also showed the commendable and healthy
inter-provinces relation of Marinduque in the MIMAROPA Region and Quezon
province, which “… positively implicated in the behaviour of average income
growth rates of the provinces…”
Among the provinces in the Philippines, Marinduque ranks
23rd in the HDI, four notches higher than Cebu province.
This significant improvement of HDI was attributed to the
progressive development agenda of the province through peace and order, human
health, agriculture prospects, access between locations, and specific political
scenario. (JP/MNP News Team)
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