Pantawid Pamiliyang Pilipino Program - Conditional Cash Transfer (The Philippines Experience)

1. Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT):
The Philippines Experience
Nazmul Chaudhury
HD Week 2013

2. Pantawid Pamiliyang Pilipino Program
(4Ps)
 Started as a pilot CCT in 2007
 Scaled-up systematically in phases/sets
in the aftermath of various adverse
shocks (e..g, 2008 Financial Crisis, 2009
Typhoon)

3. Identifying Poor Households
 Geographical Targeting of Poor Provinces and
Municipalities
 Proxy-Means-Targeting within selected poor
areas to identify poor households
 Predict income based on a set of household characteristics
 Official poverty threshold to classify as poor
 National Household Targeting System (NHTS) Database is
now the official database linking national poverty
alleviation programs in the Philippines

4. National Household Targeting System
for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR)
 Number of HH assessed: 11 million HH nationwide
 Number of Poor HH according to PMT: 5.2 million poor
HH nationwide
 Every 4 years a new PMT model will be estimated with
updated poverty model
 Recertification in 2014 with emphasis on greater inclusion
of poor living in urban and remote rural areas

5. Eligibility for 4Ps
 Besides being poor, eligible households must
 Have children 0-14 years old or
 Have a pregnant women at the time of the
household assessment

6. Conditions for 4Ps
 Pregnant women must:
 Go to clinics for prenatal and postnatal services
 Deliver at a health facility (or with a skilled professional)
 Children 0-5 years old must:
 Attend regular health checkups and growth monitoring
 All parents/mothers must:
 Attend monthly Family Development Sessions
 Children 6-14 years old must:
 Attend school over 85% of the school days
 Day care or pre-school attendance of over 85% (not funded
by the Bank)
 Take de-worming pills twice a year

7. Cash Transfer Amount for 4Ps
 Grant are paid on a quarterly basis through a state-owned
Bank (Land Bank)
 Amounts to households vary from P 500 to P1,400 per
month:
 Health Grant - P500 per month per household
 Education Grant - P300 per month (for 10 months) per child
for a maximum of 3 children per household
 Average cash transfer represents about 20% of monthly
income for the poor

8. Rapidly expanding coverage of
Poor
 3.8 million poor households enrolled in the program in
2013

9. Compliance Verification System (CVS)
 Health Facilities and providers – fill in a form on a
quarterly basis indicating whether or not beneficiaries
sought the pre-specified health services
 School principals and teachers – fill in a form on a
quarterly basis indicating whether beneficiary children
attend 85% or more school days
 Municipal Links – fill in a form on a quarterly basis
indicating whether beneficiary parents attended the
monthly Family Development Session
 These forms are encoded at the regional level and
submitted to the central office to be linked to payments

10. Strong Coordination and Synergies
across Ministries
 The CCT program is implemented in coordination with the
Ministries of Social Welfare, Education and Health
 Supporting
 Education initiatives, such as Book on Wheels
 Health initiatives, such as Universal Health Care

11. Monitoring and Evaluation
 Spot Checks
 Biannual surveys to assess effectiveness and efficiency
of program implementation
 Qualitative Evaluation
 Household case studies to assess household response
to 4Ps
 Changes in health and education service provision
 Quantitative Evaluation
 Multiple rounds of Impact Evaluation surveys to assess
the effectiveness of 4Ps on key socio-economic, health
and education indicators

12. 4Ps Coverage, 2007-2011
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
ProgramBudget(millionPesos)
ProgramCoverage('000HHs)
Coverage Budget

13. Rapidly Evolving Program
 Supply side still remains as a constraint, particularly in
health
 Program is constantly evolving to adapt to local needs
and expand the safety net
 Urban, homeless poor, continue to be a challenge; so do
households in remote islands, and indigenous people
 ‘Convergence’ with other social programs