Training Under Ateneo School of Government Blog 5

February 14 2011- February 17 2011


These are some of our outputs for the week.

Basing on the IPO+S Model as the framework, since the study assesses the capacities of the LGUs, the identified inputs are various indicators such as (1) stakeholders’ competencies, (2) social protection, (3) gender equality, (4) LED institutions, (5) economic drivers, (6) labor supply & local industries, (7) work environment, and (8) infrastructure support. These will be identified through the triangulation of methodologies.

Stakeholders’ competencies refer to the ability of the various economic actors to perform their specific roles. It refers to the ability of the business enterprises to gain financial return, ability of the young workers to conceive of a productive activity, and ability of the government and non-government agencies to strategize policies in advancing the economic interests of the locality

Social protection pertains to the management and overcoming of situations that unfavorably affect a worker’s well-being. These inputs are those that promote employment, the efficient execution of labor and the safety of workers.
Gender equality is about levelling the playing field for girls and women by ensuring that all gender have equal opportunity to develop their talents (UNICEF, 2008). In the context of LED, it denotes LGU and stakeholders’ initiatives towards increasing women’s participation on production and narrower gaps in wages between men and women workers. According to ILO (2010), there is still a large disparity between the genders regarding employment opportunities.

LED institutions include public-private partnership institutions, research centers, local governments, non-government agencies, and industries that employ human capital. These institutions may design policies for the realization of LED, or may put these policies and programs into effect.

Economic drivers, as defined by the background of the study, are globally competitive industries in which the local government may invest upon as they have a potential for wealth creation within a community. It can be the sector of agriculture, tourism, mining, fisheries, and/or trade, among others. This is in contrast to local industries which pertain to the existing means of wealth generation of a local economy. An economic driver may be a local industry but the latter may not necessarily qualify as an economic driver. On the other hand, labor supply is the amount of time workers allot to an industry at a given real wage rate.

A work environment is composed of sites where workers perform their productive duties. It may also pertain to the well-being of these sites as being conducive places to work. Infrastructure support is the assistance given to services and facilities essential for the local economy to function. They may refer to highways, irrigation, electricity, telecommunications, solid waste facilities, and the like.