Rationale: In 1995, during the UN World Summit on Social Development (WSSD), leaders of the world, in their determination to eradicate poverty, forged a consensus to earmark at least 20 percent of their national budgets and 20 percent of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds for human development needs. This consensus in not known globally as the 20/20 Initiative. > The adoption of the 20/20 Initiative calls for the mobilization of public resources and the re-structuring of budgets for basic social services as a major framework towards poverty eradication. At its core, the 20/20 Initiative aims to achieve universal access to basic social services, particularly basic education, primary and reproductive health, safe water and sanitatioon and nutrition.> To attain the foregoing policies, the State shall endeavor to implement the 20/20 Initiative for Poverty Alleviation in accordance with the following guiding principles: (1) Accountability and Transparency; (2) Capacity-Buildi ng;