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STS541 Vivian R. I.
This paper aims to present the development of expenditure accounts on
disaster risk reduction (DRR), mainly the operational framework and
assessment of available data vis-à-vis the required data coming from censuses,
surveys and administrative-based information to capture expenditures on
disaster by the government, corporations and households. This will also
discuss some initial results of the key variables/indicators derived from the
Expenditure Accounts on DRR of the Philippines. Coordinative
mechanisms to ensure the improvement and
institutionalization of DRR statistics by the Philippine Statistics Authority will
also be discussed

1. Introduction
The Philippines is vulnerable to different types of disasters like typhoons,
earthquakes and floods. The World Risk Index for 2016 reported that the
Philippines ranked third among the 171 countries with the highest disaster risk
levels (IRDR 2016). The report cites the archipelagos’ location in the typhoon
and earthquake belts, high degree of exposure and vulnerability and the lack
of capacities in coping with disasters. For disaster risk reduction and
management which is aimed to protect human lives and infrastructure as well
as the conservation of the environment and natural resources, it is crucial that
we look into a comprehensive disaster information and improved utilization
of these information to help planners and policy makers for more effective
disaster management.
Disasters affect all elements of society and they threaten sustainable
development in many places around the world. However, disaster statistics is
seen as relatively new statistical domain. This cut across several disciplines and
needs an integrated framework to coordinate the disaster data into a
comprehensive data system. In the 3rd meeting of the Asia-Pacific Expert
Group on Disaster-related Statistics in 2015, a pilot test of framework on
disaster statistics to provide a summary of core principles of disaster related
statistics was agreed among Asia Pacific countries. This supports the mandate
of the Expert Group and the requirements for monitoring progress towards
the achievement of the Sendai Framework.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), as the highest policy making body
on statistics in the Philippines, has aligned its efforts to advance the pilot
testing of the framework for the disaster statistics to cater the needs of various
stakeholders as well as the requirements of the Sendai Framework on Disaster
Statistics and, in a broader framework, the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG). The PSA has build on existing frameworks of the System of National
Accounts (SNA) and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
(SEEA) on the feasibility of highlighting the Expenditure Accounts on Disaster

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