Lesson 4 Dimension of Development

The document discusses key concepts around development and community development. It provides definitions of development from various authors that view it as a multi-dimensional process involving social, economic, and political changes to improve lives. Community development is defined as a participatory process to address common concerns and needs of people in a geographic area to benefit the community. The document also outlines some national issues in the Philippines like lack of jobs, poor healthcare, corruption, and government inefficiencies, as well as visions for the future like prosperity, justice, health, education, and strong families and communities.

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Lesson 4 Dimension of Development

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Lesson 4 – Dimension

of Development
EILLEN B. VILLAMERA
NSTP 2 Facilitator
Learning Objectives
At the end of the session, the students would be able to:
 Explain the concept of development and community development;
 Reflect on the development issues of global and national arena
 Enumerate the different development agenda in all levels
 Compare and contrast these agenda; and
 Contextualize these agenda in their own community.
Development Defined
 Development is a concept and multi-facetted phenomena;
 There are numerous definitions of development. Different authors
have advanced more or less the s a m e arguments pertaining to this
rather wide concepts. Below, are s ome of commonly used definitions:
 TAYEBWA (1992:26) states that development is a broad term which
should not be limited to mean economic development, economic
welfare or material well-being. A s per Tayebwa, development in
general includes improvements in economic, social and political
aspects of whole society like security, culture, social activities and
political institutions.
Development Defined
 According to TODARO (1981:56) refers to development as a multi-
dimensional process involving the reorganization and reorientation
of the entire economic and social systems. He continues to argue
that development is a physical reality and a state of mind in which
society has through s o me combinations of social, economic and
political process secured the way of obtaining better life.
 According to PERPROUX (1978:65), defines development as “the
combination of mental and social changes a m o ng the population
which decide to increase its real and global products, cumulatively
and in sustainable manner.”
 R O G E R S (1990:30) adds “development is along participatory
process of social change in the society whose objective is the
material and social progress for the majority of population through a
better understanding of their environment”
Development Defined

 Like Tayebwa, Todaro’s definition is applauded for its wider view of

the development concepts as related to social, economic as well as
political changes in the society.
 Perroux and Rogers underscores that development must be
community-driven and participatory in nature.
 To deduce, development is a participatory multi-dimensional process
involving qualitative and quantitative changes in social, political and
economic domains of society and it is undertaken essentially to lead
to a better state of life.
Community Development Defined

 The United Nations popularized the term

community development to mean “the process
by which the efforts of the people themselves are
united with those of government authorities to
improve the economic, social and cultural
conditions of the communities into life of the
nation, and to enable them to contribute fully to
national progress.
 Refers to planned action to address the common
concerns of people who share aa geographic
locality, cultural and philosophical solidarity or
essential social, economic and spiritual relations.
Community Development

 The goal is the solution of

specific community
problems and needs for the
development of the
community and benefit of
its people with the
participation of the target
beneficiaries themselves .
Our World Today
 We are meeting at a time of immense challenges to sustainable
development;
 Billions of citizens continue to live in poverty and are denied a life
of dignity;
 There are rising inequalities within and am o n g countries. There are
enormous disparities of opportunity, wealth and power;
 Gender inequality remains a key challenge;
 Unemployment, particularly youth unemployment is a major
concerns;
 Global health threats, more frequent and intense natural disaster,
spiraling conflict, violent extremism, terrorism and related
humanitarian crises and force displacement of people threaten to
reverse much of the development progress made in recent
decades.
Our World Today
 Natural resource depletion and adverse
impacts of environmental degradation,
including desertification, drought, land
degradation, fresh water scarcity and loss of
biodiversity add to and exacerbate the list of
challenges which humanity faces.
 Climate change is one of the greatest
challenges of our time and its adverse
impacts undermine the ability of all countries
to achieve sustainable development.
 Increase in global temperature, sea level rise,
ocean acidification and other climate change
impacts are seriously affecting coastal areas
and low lying coastal countries including
m an y least developed counties.
Our World Today
 The past decades however was also a time of immense opportunity.
Significant progress has been made in meeting m a ny development
challenges.
 Within the past generation, hundreds of millions of people have
emerged from extreme poverty;
 Access to education has greatly increased for both boys and girls;
 The spread of information and communications technology and global
interconnectedness has great potential to accelerate human progress,
to bridge the digital divide and to develop knowledge societies;
 a s does scientific and technological innovation across areas a s diverse
a s medicine and energy.
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Issues Identified by N E D A in the Ambisyon 2 04 0
Vision

 “There are many hurdles in the Filipino’s path toward

achieving their own vision of life in the year 2040. No
matter how modest the vision of the poorest of Filipinos,
it can still seem out of reach for those who have no
means to lift themselves out of poverty. Almost all the
participants of this study mention the most urgent
constraints as: the lack of jobs, poor healthcare, petty
corruption, and government inefficiencies.”
National Issues
 There a re n o jobs ( w a l a n g trab aho ). Whether
employed or not, participants always mention the
shortage of jobs a s a critical barrier to the
likelihood of achieving their goals. People are
willing to work- the poor in particular would take
any paid work they can get- but these are simply
not available.

 A good job is a stable one.

 A good job pays a living wage.
 It is too expensive to look for work.
 Transportation costs are too high.
 Jobs-education mismatch.
National Issues
 G o v e r n m e n t inefficiencies. The sentiments about government
services are widely shared: masyadong maraming kuskos balungos,
mabusisi, puro proseso. Since they are powerless in the transaction –
government aid and services are hidden behind employees (compliance
officers) who act as gatekeepers- ordinary citizens are left with few
choices: try to comply to every requirement, resort to paying bribes
and facilitation fees, or give up altogether.

 Red tape and inefficiencies keep services away form the poor.
 Quality of service in government offices.
National Issues
 S m a l l – s c a l e corruption. All corruption is bad regardless of scale,
but often only the big corruption stories are covered by the news-
the complex s ca m s that siphon off millions in government funds.
Petty corruption, the ones on a personal level, remains undiscussed
by national media and does not attract as much public attention. Yet
it is precisely this kind of corruption, perpetrated by the rank-and
file in government, sometimes at the behest of local officials, that
victimizes the poorest of our countrymen.
National Issues
 P o o r healthcare. Women in the
discussions often raise the problem of
access to quality healthcare. They are
concerned about their children’s
welfare and the impact an illness has
on the income of the entire household.
Catastrophic health events can drive a
family into debt and poverty,
sometimes permanently.
 Lack of access.
 No support for
prevention/maintenance.
 Public facilities have no
supplies.
Vision of the Country
1. P ro sp e ri ty a n d Justice for All . Walang naghihikahos,
walang naghihirap, maginhawa ang buhay n g lahat. Nakakain tatlong
beses sa isang araw, nabibili ang kailangan, nabibili ang gusto.
 Job security
 A living wage
 Good jobs in the country
 Career growth, savings, and retirement
 Entrepreneurship
2. Health . Walang namamatay sa sakit dahil s a kawalan n g pera.
 Commonunity and family with social protection

3. Education. Lahat n g anak ay nakapagtapos n g pag aaral.

 Availability of Inexpensive College

4.Just a n d fair society. Pantay-pantay a n g pagtingin n g Sistema

ng hustisya. Pagkakaroon n g hustisyang panlipunan.

 Governed with order and unity

 Positive politics
 Citizen-centered government
 Attention to the regions
5 . Families s t a y together. Hindi kailangang
mangibang-bansa at mawalay sa pamilya upang ng
makapagtrabaho maayos. Kapiling ng m g a
magulang ang kanilang m g a anak.
 Vibrant, culturally diverse, and reslilient communities.
Protektado ang karapatan n g lahat n g uri n g tao. Kayang
bumangon mula sa kalamidad. Napangangalagaan ang
iba’t ibang kultura s a Pilipinas.
 Communities without conflict
 Communities resilient against disasters
 Livable cities
Vision of the Country

V i s i o n for self
“In 2040, all Filipinos will enjoy a stable and comfortable
lifestyle, secure in the knowledge that we have enough for
our daily needs and unexpected expenses, that we can plan
and prepare for our own and our children’s futures. Our
families live together in a place of our own, we have the
freedom to go where we desire, protected and enable by a
clean, efficient, and fair government.”
V i s i o n for country
“By 2040, the Philippines shall be a
prosperous, predominantly middle-class
society where no one is poor. Our peoples
will enjoy long and healthy lives, are smart
and innovative, and will live in a high-trust
society.”
END