Areas	International		Actual										Plan Targets
of Concern	Commitment	Indicator/s	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	95	96	97	98	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
												(April)
5. Employment	Pursue	Labor Force	64.4	65.8	66.7	66.3	66.1	66.6	64.875	67.075	66.2	67.1
	employment-intensive	Participation Rate
	patterns of growth and	Male	82.5	82.1							84.5	82
	investment	Female	47	48.8							55.3	52.2
		Employment Rate		90.5	91.4	91.3	89.9	90.3	88.825	88.875	86.1	87.8
		Agriculture			41.7	40.4	39.9	39.1	37.4	37.4	37.4	36.7
		Industry							*16	*15.6	*15.4	*16
		Manufacturing			10	9.9	9.5	9.6	10.1	9.6	9.4	9.5
		Services							46.5	47	47.2	47.4
		Unemployment rate	8.3	9.5	8.6	8.7	10.1	9.7	11.175	11.125	13.9	12.2				10.1	9.95	9.59	9.51	9.07	8.29	7.98
		Male									13	11.9
		Female									15.2	12.6
		Underemployment rate	21.4	20	21	22.1	21.8	22.3	21.7	17.175	19.6	15.6
		Male
		Female
		Overseas deployment		760,091		747,696	831,643	837,020	841,628	866,590	891,908/a	198,368
		Male
		Female
		Opportunities for work /b
		a. employment-population					60.047	60.699	58.450	60.438	60.535
		ratio
		b. unemployment-					6.763	6.513	7.261	7.466	7.695
		population ratio
		Unacceptable work /b
		a. school participation rate					84.287	83.886	84.361	87.768	87.136
		of children 10-17 years
		old
		b. employment rate of					75.447	78.395	71.536	77.150	78.249
		children 10-17 years old
		Productive work /b
		a. percent of employed					42.146	42.452	41.877	39.265	38.161
		working 40-48 hours/wk
		b. low hourly pay rate
		c. underemployment rate	21.4	20	21	22.1	21.621	22.086	21.692	17.17	16.995	15.6
		Male
		Female
		d. percent of employed in					22.068	21.570	24.020	21.471	22.227
		excessive hours of work
		49 hours and over/week
		Security of work /b
		a. percent of employed with					77.248	78.232	77.146	77.658	78.302
		permanent employment
		b. percent of employees					35.381	35.007	37.478	42.687
		covered with social
		security schemes
		c. percent of employed with					22.752	21.768	22.854	22.342	21.698
		temporary employment
		Equity in work /b
		a. female/male hourly basic								1.020	0.980
		pay ratio
		b. female/male hours of					0.996	0.991	1.009	1.023	1.021
		work ratio
		c. female-male ratio in					0.819	0.827	0.839	0.814	0.823
		non-agricultural wage
		employment
		Dignity at work /b
		a. union density rate					31.944	30.863	31.236	30.307	30.282
		b. collective bargaining					4.817	4.417	4.074	3.842	4.325
		coverage rate
		c. mandays lost due to					11.367	6.939	11.393	18.727	14.917
		strikes and lockouts per
		employees
	Support the informal	Number of		10,005	10,326	10,352	10,468	10,792	10,183	10,924	11,646	11,654
	sector especially in rural	own-account workers
	areas, by revising laws,	or self-employed
	encouraging its
	development, providing	Cooperative banks	61	67		69				80.7	83.6											51
	infrastructure and support	tapped as secondary																				banks
	services, supporting	conduits of LBP and other
	NGOs & encouraging	financial institutions in
	loans to the sector	extending credit to
		cooperatives of
		marginalized sectors
		electrification levels
		(barangays)
	Support small-farm																76.1	78.8	82	85.1	88.4	91.6
	self-employment by
	enhancing productivity
	and access to markets;
	diversification of
	activities, especially
	non-farm employment
	Invest in irrigation, rural
	electrification,	Poorest households																2 million
	transportation &	provided microfinance																HH
	communication, other	services
	infrastructure; improve
	access to land and farm	Existing primary																				47,000
	credit provide technical	cooperatives																				cooperatives
	extension, stabilise	strengthened																				strengthened
	agricultural prices;
	Promote farmer training &	Cooperative banks																				51
	education; promote	tapped as secondary																				coop banks
	cooperatives	conduits of LBP and
		other financial
		institutions in
		extending credit to
		cooperatives of
		marginalized sectors
	Determine the feasibility,	Ancestral domain
	scope and appropriate	claims settled
	modes of land reform in
	both urban and rural areas	CARP lands
	by 2000	distributed															3,957,476
																	hectares
																	distributed
	Enhance the status of	Proportion of women
	women in the labour force	in managerial position
	thru legislation and
	regulations to eliminate
	wage differentials between
	men and women engaged
	in the same work by 2010
	Improve working
	conditions for women
	thru minimum working
	standards, maternity
	protection schemes, &
	support for women's
	equal & full participation in
	employment
	Support sustainable
	national marine
	resources development,
	including investment &
	training support for
	fisher folk & fishing
	communities & research
	on marine resources.
	Promote efficient &	No. of persons placed
	flexible labor markets by	/b
	supporting development
	institutions that provide	No. of persons assisted
	open information about	/b
	job opportunities and
	job seekers, & by giving
	full play to collective
	bargaining encouraging
	multisectoral forums.
	Improve working
	conditions by
	encouraging
	cooperatives and
	workers associatios,
	enforcing reasonable &
	cost-effective
	occupational health and
	safety standards, &
	promoting awareness of
	workers' rights thru
	workers' education.
	Promulgate laws to
	prevent the exploitation
	of children by 2000.
	Enact laws & regulations
	to prohibit
	discrimination in the
	employment of persons
	with disabilities
	immediately.
	Safeguard the welfare of
	immigrant workers,
	especially women, in
	compliance with national
	laws immediately.
	Promote
	labor-absorbing
	technology; Encourage
	environment-friendly
	activities.  Adjust
	productive structure and
	promote services sector
	employment; Promote
	human resources
	development.
Definition of Terms:
1. Labor Force - population 15 years old and over who contribute to the production of goods and services in the country and are either employed or unemployed.
2. Underemployment rate - proportion of employed persons who expressed desire to have additional hours of work in their present job or an additional
	job or to have a new job with longer working hours.
3. Unemployment rate - proportion of persons in the labor force who did not work or had no job/business during the reference week and were reportedly looking for
	work.
* inludes manufacturing
/ a Includes 3,596 deportees from Malaysia based on the report of POEA Zamboanga and 611 workers with Special  Exit Clearance issued by Employment Regulation Branch of POEA.
/ b Additional indicators as agreed upon during the National Workshop last 29 August 2003