Philippines Conditional Cash Transfer Program : Impact Evaluation 2012

Philippines Conditional Cash Transfer Program : Impact Evaluation 2012

The specific objectives of the program are to: a) keep children in school, b) keep children healthy, and c) invest in the future of children. It reflects the Government's commitment to promoting inclusive growth by investing in human capital t...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Infrastructure Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AGED ANTENATAL CARE ANTI-POVERTY AUTONOMOUS REGION BASIC HEALTH BASIC HEALTH SERVICES BENEFICIARY GROUPS BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BENEFICIARY POPULATION BLINDNESS BREASTFEEDING CAPITAL REGION CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFERS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC POVERTY CITIES COMMUNITIES CONSUMPTION DATA COUNTERFACTUAL DEBT DECLINE IN POVERTY DESCRIPTION DEWORMING DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE FOOD ITEMS GAMBLING GENDER GENDER EQUALITY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS HEALTH SERVICE USE HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HOUSEHOLDS WITH SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER IMMUNIZATION IMPACT EVALUATIONS INCOME INCOME QUINTILE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LAND OWNERSHIP LOCALITIES MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MEANS TESTING MEDICAL EXPENSES MORTALITY NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PARENTING PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PILL POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POSTNATAL CARE POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATOR POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PROCESS EVALUATION QUALITY OF HEALTH REGIONAL LEVEL REMOTE AREAS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL RURAL BANK RURAL HEALTH SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES TARGETED SOCIAL PROGRAMS TARGETING TRANSFER AMOUNTS TUBERCULOSIS USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VILLAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17389714/philippines-conditional-cash-transfer-program-impact-evaluation-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13244

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Summary:	The specific objectives of the program are to: a) keep children in school, b) keep children healthy, and c) invest in the future of children. It reflects the Government's commitment to promoting inclusive growth by investing in human capital to improve education and health outcomes for poor children and pregnant women. The program is based on the premise that poverty is not about income alone but is multi-dimensional, and factors such as access to basic social services and social environments matter. This report presents the findings from an analysis that assessed program impact by comparing outcomes in areas that received Pantawid Pamilya with outcomes in areas that did not receive the program. The impact evaluation applied two analytical methods: 1) Randomized Control Trial (RCT), which compared randomly assigned program areas and non-program areas to assess program impact, and 2) regression discontinuity design, which compared the outcomes of poor households who received the program with similar poor households just above the poverty line. This report presents the findings from the RCT component only. It should be noted that although 2.5 years of program implementation is generally considered enough time to observe impacts on short-term outcomes, it is not long enough to assess impacts on long-term outcome measures. The program is also achieving its objective of enabling poor households to increase their investments in meeting the health and education needs of their children. Although the study found that the cash grants were reaching beneficiaries, the study did not find an overall increase in per capita consumption among the poor benefiting from the program, although there was some evidence that poor households are saving more in certain provinces.

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