The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Board has approved for adoption the Core Regional Indicators (CoRe-Is) through Resolution No. 10, series of 2017. The CoRe-Is is a set of region-specific indicators that provide a readily available set of statistics that aims to:
- monitor the social, economic, political, cultural and environmental developments at the regional level;
- aid the government in understanding the needs of local communities; and
- enable both the national and local governments make right policies, decisions and actions for development planning and policy formulation.