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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.
