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Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act (No. 8425).

Main Region

First Region

Philippines
Economic and social policy
1997-12-11
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides for the formulation of a Social Reform Agenda (SRA) as part of the National Anti-Poverty Action Agenda which shall seek to redress social inequality. The SRA shall address issues of access to basic services (education, health care, housing), distribution and management of resources, and ecological dimensions of sustainable development. Sector-specific flagship programmes shall address the concerns of farmers, fishermen, indigenous peoples, casual workers, the urban poor, and disadvantaged groups such as women, youth, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Establishes a national Anti-Poverty Commission which shall implement the above policy, and a People's Development Trust Fund to finance micro-finance programmes.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1998-06-30
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Electronic region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Official Gazette
    Date
    1998-05-11
    Volume
    Vol. 94
    Number
    No. 19
    Page range
    pp. 3338-3347