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• Provide secure tenure in affordable, safe, and disaster-resilient housing to
underprivileged and homeless families (See also PDP Chapter 12).
• Provide assistance to LGUs in complying with the requirements under
the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. Promote proper waste
management through public awareness programs and invest in relevant
technologies to improve solid waste management throughout the country
(See also PDP Chapter 20).
• Enhance capacities of relevant agencies for monitoring and management
of health care and hazardous wastes.
• Address overcrowding in prison and jail facilities, as well as the insufficient
provision of basic services (e.g., potable water and proper sanitation
facilities).

To ensure asset preservation
• Increase technical and financial capabilities for operations of government
agencies.
• Incorporate climate change adaptation and disaster resilience measures in
infrastructure development (See also PDP Chapters 12 and 20).
• Ensure the security of infrastructure facilities through proactive and
coordinated efforts among government agencies.

Intensify infrastructure-related research and development (R&D)
• Institutionalize R&D expertise, especially in public goods and services.
• Support the establishment of R&D facilities.

Ensuring Ecological
Integrity, Clean and

Healthy Environment

By 2022, the country will be cleaner and greener.
Moreover, the quality of life of resource-based
communities will be significantly improved. The
desired outcomes and targets are indicated in Table
20.1 of the full PDP 2017-2022 document.

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