Strengthening the Philippines' Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program: Policy Note

doi:https://doi.org/10.1596/41857

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Strengthening the Philippines' Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program: Policy Note

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-11T18:25:38Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-11T18:25:38Z
dc.date.issued	2024-07-11
dc.description.abstract	The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program that provides cash to beneficiary households subject to their compliance with program conditionalities. Through the national household targeting system, Listahanan, the program identifies poor and near-poor households with children aged 0-18 or with pregnant members at registration. 4Ps is the backbone of the country’s safety nets and is one of the cash transfer programs globally recognized with the highest number of beneficiaries. There are design features that 4Ps adopted from global good practices. First, beneficiary households are objectively selected based on a Listahanan database, leaving little room for personal or political favoritism. Second, cash transfers are conditional on households’ investment in human capital such as health, nutrition, and education. Third, monthly family development sessions promote human capital investment and behavioral changes that reinforce efforts toward poverty reduction. Fourth, robust monitoring and evaluation are embedded in the program. Despite the impressive growth and success of the program, the sustainability of strong and positive impacts of 4Ps cannot be ensured unless core program functions are continuously enhanced for efficient access and delivery of benefits to beneficiary households. The note reviews the 4Ps Act and other relevant policy guidelines along four areas of inquiry, namely: (1) targeting, (2) benefit level and conditionalities, (3) program duration, and (4) payment modality. It then assesses the implementation progress and discusses the areas for further strengthening.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070524014030836/P1811381c5ee5f0fe1a985155bcb65c4742
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41857
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41857
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH
dc.subject	FOOD DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject	FOOD STAMPS
dc.subject	NO POVERTY
dc.subject	SDG 1
dc.subject	ZERO HUNGER
dc.subject	SDG 2
dc.title	Strengthening the Philippines' Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program	en
dc.title.subtitle	Policy Note	en
dc.type	Policy Note
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2024-07-11
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-07-08T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Policy Note
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070524014030836/P1811381c5ee5f0fe1a985155bcb65c4742
okr.guid	099070524014030836
okr.identifier.docmid	P181138-c5ee5f6f-02fa-43fe-a985-55bcb65c4742
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/41857
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	34360885
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	34360885
okr.identifier.report	192434
okr.import.id	4768
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070524014030836/pdf/P1811381c5ee5f0fe1a985155bcb65c4742.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	Philippines
okr.sector	Social Protection
okr.topic	Agriculture::Food Security
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unit	Social Protection & Labor EAP (HEASP)