Building governance and anti-corruption in the Philippines'conditional cash transfer program

Jehan Arulpragasam, Luisa Patricia Fernandez Delgado, Yasuhiko Matsuda, Rosechin Olfindo Hamanaka, Matthew Stephens, Jehan Arulpragasam, Luisa Patricia Fernandez Delgado, Yasuhiko Matsuda, Rosechin Olfindo Hamanaka and Matthew Stephens

No 60234, The Social Policy and Labor Discussion Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The Philippine social protection notes series aims to summarize the good practices and key findings from the Philippines on the topics related to social protection, covering a variety of types of issues including Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) and targeting, broadening the social protection policy dialogue, analysis on social protection and service delivery. The Philippines is implementing a CCT program, which is called the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (PPPP). CCT program provides cash to poorest households as long as the beneficiary households comply with the conditions of the program. Health grants are provided for beneficiary households with children 0-14 years old and/or with pregnant women with the conditions that all children 0-5 years old and the pregnant women visit health centers and receive services according to Department of Health (DOH) protocol, all children 6-14 years old undergo de-worming protocol at schools, and the household grantees (mainly women) attend family development sessions at least once a month. Education grants are provided for beneficiary households with children 6-14 years old with the conditions that the children are enrolled in primary or secondary school and maintain a class attendance rate of 85 percent every month.

Keywords: Judicial System Reform; Public Sector Economics; Government Policies; Youth and Governance; Legal Reform; National Governance; Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction; Regulatory Regimes; Legal Products; Social Policy; Legislation; Inequality; Health Care Services Industry; Social Protections&Assistance; Access of Poor to Social Services; Services&Transfers to Poor; Disability; Economic Assistance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-03-01
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