DSWD prepares for validation of IPs, informal labor sectors
20.05.12
PIA Press Release
Thursday, January 05, 2012
DSWD prepares for validation of IPs, informal labor sectors
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 5 (PIA 9) - - Social Welfare Department here is gearing up for the validation of households previously identified as indigenous peoples and employed in the informal labor sector during the previous assessments. These were conducted from CY 2009 up to early this year and shall form part of the National Household Targeting System (NHTS) database.
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Hasan Alfad, planning officer, and National Housing Targeting System (NHTS) regional focal person said, the need to validate the IPs and informal sectors is necessary to better address the targeting needs of data users and to further improve the utility of the database.
Results will provide the data users specific information pertaining to the IPs in Region IX as well as particulars of employment of the working force in the informal sector.
Source: Philippine Information Agency