Barriers to Access of Public Services for the Urban Poor in Dipolog and Dapitan City
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barriers to access, basic services, urban poor, Dipolog and Dapitan CityAbstract
The study determined the barriers to access of public services for the urban poor
households in the selected barangays of Dipolog and Dapitan City. The constraints were categorized as administrative, economic and geographic to access education, health, sanitation, and utility services. Barrier indices were computed based on measures of poverty gap and Foster, Greer and Thorbecke index. The study divulged that there was an administrative constraint of urban poor sector of the two cities to access essential services in their respective barangays. Root causes of lopsided economic opportunities and government privileges across urban barangays were classified. Hence, local government and business sector must work together to meet the demands of the grass roots through increasing job opportunities and a minimum wage to meet the daily cost of living.
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