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Abstract

The Government of the Philippines, through the leadership of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) implemented a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program dubbed as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. Aside from providing income support to extremely poor households that would encourage them to increase investments in their children‘s human capital, 4Ps will serve as the lead vehicle through which the many cross-cutting issues (e.g. targeting, monitoring and evaluation) will be addressed (4Ps Concept Paper, 2009). The effectiveness of the program lies on its impact toward its target clientele. Using the Technical-Economic-Political-Administrative (TEPA) format, this study sought to examine the premise that whether or not the 4Ps has successfully delivered its intended purpose in poverty alleviation. A focused group discussion (FGD) among the different stakeholders involved with the policy was conducted to assure the appropriate distribution of weights in all the criteria involved. Since policy analysis determines which of the various alternative policies will most achieve a given set of goals based upon the probable impact of each, 3 alternative options were considered in the study to wit: Option 1- 4Ps, Option 2- India‘s poverty alleviation scheme, and Option 3 is the combination of PantawidPamilya and India model. There are myriad possibilities for the persistence of poverty even in the midst of economic growth. Policy makers and analysts should be sensitive to geographical, political and cultural conditions that each play a role. Poverty alleviation must go hand in hand with measures to increase national income. More than the Conditional Cash Transfer that provides short term assistance, enhancement of skill to strengthen labor market and employment guarantee should also be a prime strategy to reduce poverty.

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