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G-Econ

Philippines - Description of Methodology


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Political Boundaries: Philippines lies in the southeast of Asia, between latitudes 4 and 21 N and longitudes 116 and 127 E. The countr is surrounded b the Pacific !cean. "t is co#prised of 7,1$7 islands, with the biggest being %u&on, then 'indanao and (isa as in between. The Philippines has a )er e*tensi)e coastline stretching +4,6$$ ,#. The total land area is esti#ated to be about +$$,$$$.+ -.. /#. The countr is di)ided into 16 regions co#prising 77 pro)inces and 6+ cities, with the National 0apital 1egion 2 'etro 'anila 2 as the countr 3s business and go)ern#ent center. Data Sources: Population: Area, population and densit data for the 16 regions of the Philippines were obtained fro# the publication 41556 Philippine -tatistical 6earboo,,7 published b the 1epublic !f Philippines, National -tatistical 0oordination 8oard. R G!s: The file philippines9pro)inces containing infor#ation regarding longitude, latitude, 1": pro)ince, grid area and ;Pop was obtained fro# the g<econ ser)er. Arc (iew progra# was also used to calculate the 1":3s of all the 16 regions of the Philippines. 1":3s obtained fro# the g<econ ser)er and calculated through Arc (iew progra# were co#parable. GDP: :=P data for all the 16 regions of the Philippines were obtained fro# the publication 41556 Philippine -tatistical 6earboo,,7 published b the 1epublic !f Philippines, National -tatistical 0oordination 8oard. Methodology: 4:=P b pro)ince> #ethodolog ? @irst the grid area figures were con)erted into s.uare ,ilo#eters using 1 s.uare #ile A 2.B5 s.uare ,ilo#eters. Then, the sub cell population was co#puted using

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the for#ula C1": D grid area D population densit E, and re<scaled the resulting sub cell population to fit the 155$ total population. -ub cell :=P was calculated using the for#ula Csub cell :=P A Cinco#e per capita D 155$ sub cell populationE, where inco#e per capita A Ctotal :=PFPopulationE, and aggregated the sub cell )alues to the cell le)el using the 7collapse7 co##and in -tata. @inall , cell :=P was re<scaled to fit the 155$ National :=P of the count and re<scaled further to fit the 155$ Gorld 8an, :=P H0onstant 155B I- JK. ". Su##ary: :eographical units for rescaling econo#ic data :eographical units for econo#ic data :eographical units for :PG population :rid 0ells Ma$or Source for Econo#ic Data: :=P 1epublic !f Philippines, National -tatistical 0oordination 8oard. 71556 Philippine -tatistical 6earboo,.7 16 16 1BB7 L+

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