NATIONAL BUDGET ANALYSIS/ISSUES

A. In your journal list down the percentage share of the following in the National Budget: Defense, Social Service, Economic Service, Debt Service, General Public Service. Use the site below to get your data.

http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=2732

B. Each Ministry will be assigned a website (topic) to analyze. You are required to make a concept map in your journal which shows the reaction of the people of the 2009 NATIONAL BUDGET. The CONCEPT MAP must show the following: reactions, proposals of the 2009 National Budget

CARE:
http://www.socialwatchphilippines.org/news_06_budget.htm

http://www.asianjournal.com/dateline-philippines/87-headlines/3399-un-report--children-hardly-figure-in-national-budget-.html

ECO.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090122-184797/Bicam-OKs-2009-national-budget

http://www.bulatlat.com/main/2009/09/05/2010-proposed-nat%E2%80%99l-gov%E2%80%99t-budget-social-spending-remains-grossly-neglected/

LIT.
http://www.focusweb.org/philippines/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=52&fontstyle=f-smaller

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09/11/08/deped-2009-budget-deprives-3m-students-seats

JPM
http://www.socialwatchphilippines.org/news_08_legislature2010.htm

CLM

http://www.socialwatchphilippines.org/news_10_socioeconomic%20services.htm

http://www.socialwatchphilippines.org/news_04_philbudget.htm

December 02, 2009

INTRODUCTION:
Instructions : After knowing the persons involved in the budget preparation, let us now try to fit in their shoes.

INTERACTION:

Students will be given the chance to make their own budget using an interactive site.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp

1. How did you allocate your budget? ( List down the percentage share)
2. Who among the advisers /persons have you chosen and why?
3. Is there really a need for a President to have an adviser? Why?

4. What have you felt upon reading the newspaper?

B. A follow-up activity: Students will access the site below:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/budget_hero/

This site will show the effect of budgeting to the people.

Instructions:
- Click “Get briefed” – listen to the narrator.
- Click “play game”, then ok
- Choose three badges then I-click ang START
- Choose three “ yellow Card” – this would help you
- Click – “ See how your budget stacks up”
- If you encountered problems : “ click for more taxes”
- After few tries, find out the result of your budget

Answer the following questions and send answers in MSWord to aslev05@yahoo.com.

1. Who has a direct control over the budget?
2. Why is it important for one official to have priorities?
3. What problems arise when the budget is not properly allocated?
4. When the country is incurring more debts, what do you think will happen?
5. What do you think is the weakness of the Philippine system of budgeting?

INTEGRATION:

How could we improve the process of preparation and allocation of the National Budget?

NATIONAL BUDGET

A. In preparing for the National Budget, a committee is formed and this is called as DBCC. In the site below make an Organizational Chart of the DBCC to find out the people or agencies involved in the preparation of the national budget.
All answers must be in MS Word and submit online at aslev05@yahoo.com

http://www.neda.gov.ph/about/functions_and_organization.htm

B. Read the contents of the National Budget for 2009
Make a pie graph of the 2009 National Budget which should be DIVIDED into :
ECONOMIC SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, DEFENSE, DEBT SERVICE
GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICES, DEFENSE,

Use the following sites below to get your data:

http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=2732

http://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php?id=989&pid=8&xid=28

http://media.inquirer.net/inquirer/media/budget.pdf

B. Answer these questions again attach as an MS WORD together with your pie graph, send to aslev05@yahoo.com

1. How much is the 2009 National Budget?
2. How do you feel about this budget?
3. What do you think should be the budget allocations?

LABOR ISSUES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

Conduct a research on any country about the existence of labor and employment issues.

Your one whole sheet of paper should contain the following information:

A. Name of the country:

B. Description of Labor Issues: Describe the industry and the labor /employment issue

C. Source: Website / Author/Date Published

D. Create a Venn Diagram ( Comparing Philippines and the Country You researched) according to their way of handling labor related problems.

CIRCULAR FLOW OF MONEY

ECONOMICS:INTERNET GUIDE FOR CIRCULAR FLOW OF INCOME

DO YOU KNOW HOW THE ECONOMY FLOWS?

A.) Read the definition from the site:
http://tutor2u.net/economics/gcse/revision_notes/big_picture_circular_flow_of_income.htm

B.)After reading the definition answer the following questions in a one whole sheet of paper. ( Answer only)

1. In the circular flow, how does business investment add to the flow?
2. How will government spending contribute to the circular flow of money?
3. How are exportation activities helpful to the flow of money in the economy?
4. Why does it consider savings, taxes and imports a MINUS to the flow of money in the economy?

B.) Then analyze the images shown in the site below:

http://www.fgn.unisg.ch/eurmacro/tutor/circularflow_movie.html

C. ) Answer the questions related to Circular Flow below:

c.1. What is the first key player in the economy?
c.2 What are the inputs to firms? Outputs? (based on the movie)
c.3 What is the second key player? Inputs and outputs?
c.4 How are firms and households connected?
c.5 What are the two circles shown in the macro-economic flow?
c.6 How do economists measure transactions in the economy?
c.7 What is income? Spending?

CHECK YOUR LEARNING BY ANSWERING THE QUIZ BELOW

Test 1.
A. CLICK http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=tst
B. Select test: type Circular Flow
C. Click retrieve test
D. Answer the test until you get the perfect score.

Test 2. http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072819359/student_view0/chapter2/quiz_one.html

SONA

ANALYSIS OF GMA'S SONA

The president GMA has just finished her 9th SONA and we are going to validate her claims of achievement by focusing on a specific sector and give our own rating duly back-up with data from our research work this day. Each ministry is required to work on the topic stated below but each individual should contribute different data to enrich the topic assigned.
At the end of the period , each student must submit their ratings (scale of 1-10 where 10 is the highest) supported with data through email ad of Ms. Villanueva: aslev05@yahoo.com and to your facilitators email ad.
Also each ministry will have their powerpoint report tomorrow of the summary of your findings.


CARE - Curtailment of Graft and Corruption

JPM - Delivery of Social Services ( Housing, Education, Health ,Medicines etc.)

CLM - Keeping Peace and Order and Equal Treatment of the Law

ECO - Good Governance ( Assign each member to work on a specific characteristic) click the website below and see Figure 2 .

http://www.unescap.org/pdd/prs/ProjectActivities/Ongoing/gg/governance.asp

LIT - Economic Stability and Reduction of Poverty ( bduget on agriculture, employment trend, financial assitance etc.)

Research other websites but here are some sites which can help in giving your ratings:

1. http://info.ibon.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=1&Itemid=51

2.http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/EXTEAPREGTOPEDUCATION/0,,contentMDK:21016342~menuPK:3867086~pagePK:34004173~piPK:34003707~theSitePK:444289,00.html

3.http://www.who.int/countries/phl/en/index.html



4. http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/20/most-corrupt-countries-bizcountries09-business-washington-corrupt-countries.html

5. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7412

6. http://www.fnf.org.ph/liberalopinion/crisis-public-education-philippines.html

7. http://www.bayan.ph/

8. http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/datapop.html

9. http://www.bas.gov.ph/perflastyear.php

January 27,2009 - TRADE

A. Click on this site and find out what are the Theories of Trade

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/feog5.htm

http://www.bized.co.uducators/16-19/economics/international/presentation/trade.ppt#1


B. Play this game and write your realization in a ½ sheet of paper.

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/economics/trade/

http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/students/trade/newplay.cfm

How do the above games differ in purpose?
What do each game promote?
Which do you think shows a more realistic trend of trade? why?

ASSIGNMENT:

Research on the following and write answers in your notebook to be checked tomorrow. Then Prepare for a debate and quiz.

a. Benefits of Trade:

b. Trade Restrictions and their Effects

http://www.globalization101.org/issue/trade/4.asp

Roots of the Israel and Palestine Conflict

Read any of the following articles (click the links) and do the following:
- http://www.mideastweb.org/nutshell.htm
- http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.htm
- http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory-oslo.htm

Submit all answers as an attachment (MS Word) through email ad : aslev05@yahoo.com

a. Identify the following persons or describe a certain policy and their role in this conflict

1. Yasser Arafat
2. Ehud Barak
3. intifada
4. Oslo Peace agreement
5.Yitzhak Rabin : 6.Ariel Sharon :
7. Balfour Declaration
8. Hamas
9. Fatah
10. PLO

b. Which of the information tells you that the factors of this conflict is :

b.1 Religious -
b.2 Political -
b.3 Economic -

c. Which of the thre reasons above is most likely the root of the conflict?Explain your answer.

Learn more about banking!

Watch these videos..

a. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/howstuffworks/54-how-money-is-made-video.htm

b. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/howstuffworks/3-how-atms-work-video.htm

Answer the following questions in a one whole sheet of paper.

Banks earn money through lending the money deposited by depositors.
.
1. What should be the guidelines of banks in terms of giving loans?

Open the site and click 5 C’s to seethe answer for #1
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101/supervision/coursework.htm

After knowing the guidelines, play the Virtual Examiner and try to find out if you can be a good banker.

-Click the site below and read the Loan Information of Judy Jepson before making your choice or anlaysis on each C's

http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101/supervision/bankexam.cfm


2. In your own analysis , after playing the virtual bank, what are the common errors committed by bankers?

Sample Problem on computing bank profits :

Savings deposit :interest rate 5% Loan Rate :14%
Amount Deposited : P 200,000.00
less Reserve Requirement of 10% = P 20,000.00
Amount available for Loans = P 180,000.00
How much will the bank gain if the above amount was loaned at 14% per annum?
180,000.00 x 14% = P 25,200.00

Banks will pay the depositors 5% of 200,000.00
so, P 200,000.00 x 5% = P 10,000.00

Subtract the amount gained from loan with amount paid for depositors then you will get the banks total profit..
Amoun gained from Loans P25,200 - P10,000 ( amount paid to depositors)
banks profit is P 15,200.00 .

C. Using the same procedure in the above-mentioned site, compute for the banks profit if:

Bank total deposits - P 550,000.00
Central Bank Reserve Requirement - 20%
Loan Interest rates - 12%
Savings Deposit Rates - 5%

3.How much is the Reserve Requirement?
4. How much can the be offered as loans?
5.How much will the bank pay the depositors?
5.How much will the bank earn from its loans?
6.How much is the banks total profit?
Assignment: ½ sheet of paper

How important is savings and investment in the development of the country's economy?
Note: Study the topics read today and prepare for a next meeting.