2016 Development Policy Research Month
To promote and draw nationwide awareness on the importance of policy research in national development, Malacañang Proclamation No. 247 declares the month of September of every year as the Development Policy Research Month. This year’s theme is “Angkop na Kahandaan: Matatag na Ekonomiya at Lipunan (Investing in Risk Reduction for a Resilient Philippines)”, which aims to highlight the need for in-depth reflections and analyses of resilience building, risk reduction, and structural transformation, and the role of appropriate policy interventions in building the country’s resilience to various economic, environmental, political, and social risks and stresses. The celebration also hopes to emphasize to policymakers the importance of resilience thinking and the formulation of appropriate policy interventions to build economic resilience.
