(Inilatag ng Marcos admin)EIGHT-POINT SOCIOECONOMIC AGENDA

ISANG araw makaraan ang kanyang unang State of the Nation Address (SONA), inilatag ng economic team ni Presidente Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. ang socioeconomic agenda ng kanyang administrasyon.

“The eight-point agenda aims to decisively respond to this risk and steer the economy back to its high growth trajectory,” sabi ni Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno.

Ayon kay Diokno, pangunahing hamon sa kasalukuyang administrasyon ang mataas inflation, nagtatagal na epekto ng COVID-19 pandemic, at ang unpredictable global political economy.

Hinati ito sa dalawa: near-term at medium-term goals.

Ayon kay Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan, ang near-term plan ay naglalayong tugunan ang mataas na presyo, ang kahinaan ng populasyon sa shocks, at economic scarring dulot ng global health crisis.

Ang near-term agenda ay kinabibilangan ng:

– Protect purchasing power and mitigate socioeconomic scarring: Ensuring food security; reducing transport and logistic costs, energy cost to families

– Reduce vulnerability: Tackling health by ramping up vaccination and booster intake among vulnerable sectors, safety protocol compliance, among others; strengthening social protection; addressing learning losses

– Ensure sound macroeconomic fundamentals: Enhancing bureaucratic efficiency and sound fiscal management; ensuring a resilient and innovative financial sector

Samantala, ang sumusunod na agenda ay para sa medium-term:

– Create more jobs: Promoting trade and investments; improving infrastructure; achieving energy security

– Create quality jobs: Increasing employability; encouraging research & development, innovation; enhancing the digital economy

– Create green jobs: Pursuing both a green economy and a blue economy, which focuses more on sustainable use of marine resources; establishing livable and sustainable communities

– Uphold public order and safety, peace and security

– Ensure a level playing field: Strengthen market competition; reduce barriers to entry and limits to entrepreneurship

“For that to happen, we need to address the constraints to growth, constraints to quality employment creation that have been well-identified in various fora even by our own development partners,” wika ni Balisacan, at sinabing ang mga isyu na ito ay para sa infrastructure, energy, at logistics.

Inaasahan ng economic team ni Marcos ang 6.5-7.5% paglago ngayong taon at 6.5-8% annually mula 2023 hanggang 2028.

Tulad ng kay dating Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, target din ng kanyang administrasyon ang upper middle-income status para sa Pilipinas.

Sinabi ni Balisacan na matatamo ng bansa ang minimum gross national income per capita na $4,046 para sa upper middle-income economies sa 2024 ipagpalagay na nakamit ang kanilang growth targets.