DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Social Transfer For Social Protection

Towards Poverty Reduction

• Workshop “ Social Transfers for the fight Against Hunger• Cambodia

• February 21 to 22, 2013

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About the Phil.• POPULATION – 92.34 Region - 17 Province - 80 Cities - 143 Municipalities - 1491 Barangays - 42,028• Poverty Incidence -- 26.9 %• Poor Households - 5.2 HH based on

National Household Targetting System of DSWD using Proxy Means

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The DSWD ContextThe Development-Poverty Reduction- Social Protection Nexus

Overall Poverty Reduction Plan

Over-all Philippine Development Plan

Social Protection Framework and Action Plan

Other Poverty Reduction Programs – Social Services, Asset Reform, Employment Generation, Empowerment

and Participation

Convergence Strategies: Across Programs (SP and

Poverty) Across Sectors and Areas

Social Protection Handbook: Risk and Vulnerability Analysis Planning and Implementation

Resource Mobilization Monitoring and Evaluation

DSWD Internal Convergence (Tatsulo) and External

Convergence (Bottom up Budgeting, SP Cluster, etc.)

Poor HouseholdsPoor Households

Youth with special needs/out-of-Youth with special needs/out-of-school youthschool youth

Children in difficult Children in difficult circumstances and/or with circumstances and/or with special needsspecial needs

Women in Especially Difficult Women in Especially Difficult CircumstancesCircumstances

Persons with Disabilities/With Persons with Disabilities/With Special NeedsSpecial Needs

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Senior CitizensSenior Citizens

Families (disadvantaged, Families (disadvantaged, dysfunctional, marginalized, dysfunctional, marginalized, displaced, homeless, victims of displaced, homeless, victims of disasters)disasters)

Communities (low income, poorest, Communities (low income, poorest, marginalized)marginalized)

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MAJOR SOCIAL TRANSFERS PROGRAM

• Poor Households - Conditional Cash Transfer- max of P 1400/month/HH - Cash Transfer Livelihood(Loan)P10,00/HH/project• Senior Citizens - Social Pension P500/month/SC• Children – Food Provison thru Supplementary Feeding

for children in Day Care• Disaster Victims - Cash and Food for Work and

Training part of the Rehab program max of 10 days

• Others - for other sectors on limited scale

• Exchange Rate =$ 1 = P 40 7

Mechanisms for Government

• Development Partners Loans for social Transfer Grants thru the TA Facility for capability building, pilot testing and others• National Government/LGU For convergence of programs• CSO and others As partner in the program delivery(Kaagapay,

monitor(Bantay),link ( Tulay), for guidance(Gaba guidance, 8

TARGETTING• National Household Targeting System for National Household Targeting System for

Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR)Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR)

• A targeting system aimed at establishing a database of poor households that can be used to identify beneficiaries for social welfare & protection programs

• It entails a survey for the collection of socio-economic data from households which allows for socio-economic household ranking based on a proxy means test

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Delivery Mechanism

• Payment of Social Transfers Thru the National Depository Bank Rural Banks Telcos Cooperatives Post Office

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PHILIPPINESConditional Cash Transfer Program

The Philippine Context

• The Philippines lags behind its Asian neighbors in terms of economic growth, poverty reduction and addressing inequality– Per capita income only rose 20% in real terms

from 1981 to 2009– Eight (8) years behind in poverty reduction target– Elusive inclusive growth due to low growth, weak

employment generation, persistent high inequality and structural underpinnings

Rationale for CCT• Inclusive growth as a key agenda in many developing

countries in view of achieving a significant reduction in poverty

• Investment in the country’s human resources as key to sustained and broad-based growth

• Equitable access to basic social services• Stronger social safety nets

• CCT as a rights-based strategy towards human capital formation

• CCT concretizes income redistribution

Design of CCT in the Philippines• Twin goals:

– Social assistance (short-term)– Social development (long-term)

• Grants package for health and education (Transfer size approximately 20% of estimated income of poor households)

• Co-responsibilities (conditionalities)• 5-year program exposure• Case management• Transition-promotion for exiting beneficiaries

(convergence strategy)• Strong M&E built-in into the program

Implementation Experience

• Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples

• Poorest Provinces &• Pockets of Poverty in

HUCs

• Inclusion of Extremely vulnerable areas

Beneficiaries covered

Legend:K – thousandM - million

Initial Impact Evaluation Findings

– CCT-supported households spend 36% more on education and 33% more on medicine and medical services than non-CCT households

– More children use health services:• 33.3% CCT children undergo weight monitoring vs.

16.9% non-CCT children• 63.3% CCT children take deworming pills vs.

55.3% non-CCT children• 80.6% CCT children take vitamin A supplement vs.

74.9% non-CCT children

Initial Impact Evaluation Findings

– CCT-supported households spend 36% more on education and 33% more on medicine and medical services than non-CCT households

– More children use health services:• 33.3% CCT children undergo weight monitoring vs.

16.9% non-CCT children• 63.3% CCT children take deworming pills vs.

55.3% non-CCT children• 80.6% CCT children take vitamin A supplement vs.

74.9% non-CCT children

Initial Impact Evaluation Findings

– More pregnant mothers get health care• 64% CCT mothers vs. 54% non-CCT mothers receive 4

pre-natal care services• 36% CCT mothers vs. 27% non-CCT mothers get post-

natal care within 24 hours after delivery

Philippine CCT has strong and consistent impact on the key indicators targeted by the

program in line with other CCT programs around the world.

Convergence

Core PovertyPrograms Other programs• DSWD Internal Social

Protection Programs and Other National Programs for Convergence such

as Dept. of Agriculture Dept. of Highways Dept. of Trade and Industry , etc

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There is a need to strategically pool together the expertise and resources of the Department to be more efficient in the implementation of projects and programs for poverty reduction.

Common understanding (what and how) Common commitment (institutional support) Common resolve (convergent action)

Objectives are :Maximize resources by reducing duplication of Efforts and enhancing efficiency Enhance local skills, knowledge, and collaborative action between stakeholders for sustainability . Enhance local skills, knowledge, and collaborative action between stakeholders for sustainability

CORNMILL

DUMPTRUCKS PUMPBOATS

DRAINAGE ELECTRIFICATION

Community-Implemented

Priorities Funded by KC

SCHOOL BUILDING

DAY CARE CENTER

HEALTH CENTERWATER SYSTEMBRIDGEROAD

TRIBAL HOUSING

WARF

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which is market–oriented, resource

based, and is geared at improving the economic

status of the beneficiaries

DSWD provides capital seed fund amounting to a maximum of Php10,000 per household to eligible

beneficiaries

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MARKET

ROAD

FARM

Other innovations

• Modified Conditional Cash Transfer• Engagement of other service providers thru

the depository bank to bring the payout closer or within the municipality to save on cost for transpo and other risks as well as to stir economic activities of the area

• Use of mobile fones for system updates, Grievances

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Challenges

• Dealing with the many nuances of delivery to suit varying needs of women and girl-children and other disadvantaged sectors in the context of a massive program implementation

• Sheer size of the program, rapid expansion and its project management offices pose difficulties in instituting mechanisms that are responsive and Instituionalization is a concern

Challenges• Dealing with the many nuances of delivery to suit varying

needs of women and girl-children in the context of a massive program implementation

• Structure and manpower concerns to cope with rapid expansion

• Supply side concerns such as school and health facilities to support the needs of beneficiaries

• Payout deliveries esp. areas with accessibility concerns to minimize expenses of HH

• Difficulty of reaching those in the mountains for 100% such as the Indigenous People

• IT requirements since it is system heavy

THANK YOU

SALAMAT AND MAGANDANG HAPON

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