This Eastern Visayas Regional Development Plan (RDP) 2017-2022 provides the framework upon which the development of the region in the next six years will be anchored. It presents primarily an assessment of the implementation of the RDP 2011-2016, the results of which point out the gaps and remaining challenges to be brought forward and addressed through this new RDP. It describes the prevailing socioeconomic conditions in the region along with its potential and opportunities that can be optimized to get over those negative circumstances, hurdle the persistent tough challenges, and ultimately push it nearer its development vision.