PH-Social Welfare and Development Reform

The objective of the Social Welfare and Development Reform Project in the Philippines is to strengthen the effectiveness of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as a social protection agency to efficiently implement the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and expand an efficient and functional National Household Targeting System (NHTS) of social protection programs. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is support to the NHTS Poverty Reduction (PR). The objective of this component is to support the DSWD in implementing the NHTS-PR which will be used to better target the poor in key social assistance and social protection programs of DSWD and other government agencies. The NHTS-PR consists of a set of uniform, objective, and transparent criteria to select the poor, thus reducing the overall cost of targeting and improving coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of social programs. The second component of the project is support to 4Ps. The objective of this component is to support the implementation of the CCT program - 4Ps in selected poorest provinces and municipalities. The 4Ps is a CCT program aimed at addressing poverty and supporting improved health and education outcomes of poor children and pregnant women. The 4Ps provides cash grants to poor households subject to their meeting certain conditions in health and education. The third component of the project is building institutional capacity to lead in social protection. This component will support the strengthening of basic institutional capacity of DSWD to strengthen its leadership role in social protection. It focuses on strengthening the capacity of DSWD to undertake policy analysis and strategic planning related to social protection.