Census of Population

Performance and Problems of Water Districts: Selected Experiences
    While water districts, as local service providers of level III water systems outside of Metro Manila, are already important, the percentage of the national population serviced by them remains low. Why? What problems beset them? Read more...

Water Service Delivery on the Ground: Targets versus Realities
     How does Dumaguete City measure up to the UN-MDG target of having access to safe drinking water available to 86.6 percent of a country`s population by 2015? How about the municipalities of Sibagat, Bayugan, and Prosperidad in the province of Agusan del Sur? How do they compare in terms of local water service delivery for their populations? This case study project conducted under the auspices of the PIDS and UNICEF provides some revealing answers.

IP Children`s Right to Cultural Citizenship
    In this issue of the DRN, the importance of recognizing the right of Filipino indigenous children to be culturally different from the mainstream population is highlighted. Policy and program recommendations are also presented with the hope that when these are effectively implemented, IP children would be able to carry out their task of passing on the rich cultural heritage to future generations.

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