Cabanting, Crispy A. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2001-03)
This paper analyzes the responses to the collapse of the sugar industry of the local
government, non-government organizations, sugar worker households, the sugar industry
particularly the haciendas, and other industries. It shows that the local government and
the non-government organizations have provided long-term assistance towards the
recovery of the province. On the other hand, the sugar industry (haciendas), other
industries and households have diversified and specialized, looked into other sources of
income and ventured into other kinds of production.
The paper also determines the socioeconomic status of the residents of the province of
Negros Occidental before, during, and after the crisis. Since 1988, the levels of
malnutrition, unemployment and estimated vital rates in the province of Negros
Occidental have slowly approached manageable levels partly because of various
intervention programs by local government and non-government organizations.
