Department of Budget and Management(DBM-)

October 19, 2022 Dear Gabriel Tristan Apostol, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 14, 2022 11:12:17 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Share of R&D expenditures to GDP per sector and type of activity. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. You may access the requested information in the annual Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF) tables posted at DBM website (https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/budget-documents/2023/budget-of-expenditures-and-sources-of-financing-fy-2023). Specifically, you may find the annual expenditures on R&D Expenditures by Sector in BESF Table B.5.b (Classification of Functions of Government, FYs 2021-2023) of the FY 2023 BESF. Meanwhile, the GDP is reported in BESF Table A.1 (Macroeconomic Parameters, 2021-2025) of the FY 2023 BESF. For the previous years, you may also access the annual BESF tables at the DBM website. Attached for easy reference are the screenshots of commands/menu to access the previous years' BESF. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman ([email protected]). Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Fiscal Planning and Reforms Bureau FOI Receiving Officer