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After five years of Pantawid, what next?

Paqueo, Vicente B.; Orbeta, Aniceto C.; Castaneda, Tarsicio - 2013

When the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program was designed, the government publicly promised to limit to five years the giving of the education and health grants. This five-year limit is almost over for the first set of beneficiaries by 2013. The natural policy question then is: Would it be wise...

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Conditional cash transfer program in the Philippines : is it reaching the extremely poor?

Reyes, Celia M.; Tabuga, Aubrey D. - 2012

Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippines` version of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program modeled by Latin …

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Promoting inclusive growth through the 4Ps

Reyes, Celia M.; Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; … - 2013

The year 2013 marks the fifth year of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) implementation in the country since its inception in 2008. The first batch of beneficiaries will be graduating from the program in several months' time. Meanwhile, the government continues to expand the...

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Regional integration, inclusive growth, and poverty : enhancing employment opportunities for the poor

Reyes, Celia M.; Tabuga, Aubrey D.; Mina, Christian D.; … - 2013

Philippines. Set against the backdrop of continuing economic integration in the region, it seems that the growth in the … Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty. This … inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment …

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Aspirations and challenges for economic and social development in the Philippines toward 2030

Yap, Josef T.; Majuca, Ruperto - 2013

The Philippines continues to demonstrate a development puzzle. Despite abundant natural and human resources, its … economic development of the Philippines. To overcome the threats and weaknesses, the Philippines should aspire for BRISK …

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Growth and redistribution : is there 'trickle down' effect in the Philippines?

Parel, Danileen Kristel C. - 2014

This paper aims to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether the poor are benefiting from economic development. Using regression analysis, five factors were examined: (1) location of the household, (2) access to infrastructure, (3) changes in rice...

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Growing inclusive businesses in the Philippines : the role of government policies and programs

Briones, Roehlano M. - 2016

promotion, as well as long-term measures to support IB in the Philippines. …

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Inequalities in income, labor, and education : the challenge of inclusive growth

Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Dumagan, Jesus Castaños; … - 2015

While economic growth is important for poverty reduction, the rather stellar performance of the Philippines in economic …

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Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program : boon or bane?

Orbeta, Aniceto C.; Paqueo, Vicente B. - 2016

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program has been much maligned and dismissed as a "dole-out" program. Critics have focused on the fact that it provides cash grants directly to poor families, believing it would promote the culture of mendicancy and dependence. Others believe that the grants would...

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Impacts of the sustainable livelihood program's microenterprise development assistance with seed capital fund on poor households in the Philippines

Orbeta, Aniceto C.; Magno-Ballesteros, Marife; Corpus, … - 2020

This study evaluates the impact of Microenterprise Development (MD) assistance on the labor supply, income, expenditure, savings, and capital investment of beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya, the Philippine government's conditional cash transfers (CCT) program. The assistance is provided by the...

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