- OVERVIEW
- AGENDA
- SPEAKERS
- RELATED
The report, "No Data, No Story: Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines," was produced in response to the challenge of articulating meaningful and targeted poverty reduction strategies without reliable data on Indigenous Peoples (IPs). As such, the report is as much about the importance of data as it is about IPs themselves. It addresses the dearth of data in areas that matter to IP communities in the Philippines – population and demography, poverty and inequality, the status of Ancestral Domains (ADs), and the interactions between poverty, land, and conflict. What began as few simple questions – who are the IPs, what do we know about them, and what data do we have? – has resulted in the first World Bank assessment of the primary challenges confronting IPs in the Philippines.
The IP report launch was attended by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Tebtebba Foundation, Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE Philippines), International Alert, and colleagues from the academe and media.
9:10 – 9:30 |
Opening Remarks
Ndiamé Diop
Country Director for the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Thailand
World Bank (
Transcript)
Fatima Aliah Q. Dimaporo
Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs
Department of Social Welfare and Development
Jennifer Pia Sibug-Las
Chairperson
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
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9:30 – 10:10 |
Presentation of the Report Highlights No data, No Story: Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines
Carlos Perez-Brito
Senior Social Development Specialist
World Bank
Nadia Belhaj Hassine Belghith
Senior Economist
World Bank
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10:10– 11:00 |
PANEL DISCUSSION: These are the stories. Indigenous Peoples in the PhilippinesVictoria Tauli-Corpuz, Former UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and former Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Nikki Philline C. de la Rosa, Former Country Director of International Conflict Alert Philippines and member of the Council for Climate and Conflict Action Asia (CCLiCAA) Sonny N. Domingo, Senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) Moderator: Janmejay Singh, Practice Manager, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, World Bank |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Q&A |
Date: May 27, 2024
Time: 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Location: Manila, Philippines