Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
{{short description|Conditional cash transfer program}}
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Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (English: Bridging Program for the Filipino Family), also known as 4Ps and formerly Bangon Pamilyang Pilipino, is a conditional cash transfer program of the Philippine government under the Department of Social Welfare and Development.{{cite web | url = http://www.mb.com.ph/node/294990/malacanang-happy-over-#.UIyc7rU6DWU | title = Malacanang happy over success of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program | website = Manila Bulletin | accessdate = October 28, 2012}} It aims to eradicate extreme poverty in the Philippines by investing in health and education particularly in ages 0–18.{{cite web | url = http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/ungc/unpan040549.pdf | title = Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Philippines - Improving the Human Capital of the Poor (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps) | accessdate = October 28, 2012}} It is patterned on programs in other developing countries like Brazil (Bolsa Familia) and Mexico (Oportunidades).{{citation | contribution = Policy Brief | title = Improving inclusiveness of growth through CCTs | editor-first = Ms. G.H.S. |editor-last=Ambat | publisher = S E N A T E E C O N O M I C P L A N N I N G O F F I C E }} As of June 25, 2024, the 4Ps program operates in 17 regions, 79 provinces and 1,484 municipalities and 143 key cities covering 4,090,667 household beneficiaries.
The 2019 measure, which institutionalizes the 4Ps cash transfer program, was principally authored by Senator Leila de Lima,https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2019/0127_delima1.asp and co-authored by Senator Risa Hontiveros.https://www.set.gov.ph/member-senators/4781/hon-senator-risa-hontiveros/ In April 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the measure into law.{{cite news |last1=Reganit |first1=Jose Cielito |title=New 4Ps law boosts Duterte admin's anti-poverty efforts |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1071094 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=May 30, 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Cruz |first1=Maricel |last2=Ramos-Araneta |first2=Macon |title=Duterte lauded for signing institutionalized 4Ps bill into law |url=https://www.manilastandard.net/news/national/295482/duterte-lauded-for-signing-institutionalized-4ps-bill-into-law.html |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Manila Standard |date=May 23, 2019}}
Program structure
=Objective=
The program focused on these objectives:
- Social development: by investing in capability-building, the program will be able to break the intergenerational poverty cycle.
- Social assistance: provide cash assistance to address beneficiaries' short-term financial needs.
= Eligibility =
The poorest among poor families as identified by a 2003 Small Area Estimate (SAE) survey from the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) are eligible. The poorest among the poor are selected through a proxy-means test.{{cite book | title = Proxy Means Tests for Targeting Social Programs | doi = 10.1596/0-8213-3313-5 | year = 1995 | last1 = Grosh | first1 = Margaret E. | last2 = Baker | first2 = Judy L. | isbn = 978-0-8213-3313-6 }} Economic indicators such as ownership of assets, type of housing, education of the household head, livelihood of the family and access to water and sanitation facilities are proxy variables to indicate the family economic category.{{cite web | url = http://www.napc.gov.ph/poverty_studies.asp | title = Philippine Poverty Microscopes: National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) and Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) | accessdate = November 5, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121101124608/http://www.napc.gov.ph/poverty_studies.asp | archive-date = November 1, 2012 | url-status = dead }} Additional qualifications for households include having children 0–14 years old and/or pregnant women during the assessment. Applicants must agree on all the conditions set by the government to enter the program.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
=Criticism=
Certain entitites had derided the program (among other similar ones offered by the Government of the Philippines) as causing the recipients to lose incentive to strive hard and just wait for the payouts,https://radyo.inquirer.net/343666/lacson-mga-filipino-tamad-nang-magtrabaho-dahil-sa-mga-ayudahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKQFK5djt5Ihttps://saksingayon.com/4ps-nakatutulong-ba-o-nagtuturo-ng-pagiging-tamad/ that in the words of Ramon Tulfo, "it promotes sloth, indolence or laziness among the lower sectors of society." https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2022/07/26/2197962/problems-4ps
External links
- {{Official website|http://pantawid.dswd.gov.ph}}