Inventory of Social Protection Programs in the Country
In the PDP 2017-2022, under the pillar of “Pagbabago”, 31 it was highlighted
that Social Protection will aim to build the socioeconomic resilience of individuals
and families by reducing their vulnerability to various risks and disasters, and that
the government aspires to provide universal and transformative social protection
that will benefit the entire population.32 Among its objectives were: equity, social
cohesion, nation-building, conflict management, disaster-risk reduction and
management, and human capital formation. In noting that the government attributes
great importance to Social Protection in its national development policy, the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank,
conducted an inventory33 of the country's social protection programs with the
objective of determining the relevance of such programs to the Social Protection
Framework.
The review used the four social protection components outlined by the SPOFS
in categorizing over 60 different programs which it has identified. Although they did
cluster social welfare and social safety nets together under the pillar of 'social
assistance.' Annex 2 in Annexes provides a list of the programs that the World Bank
study identified34 and included are other programs identified as belonging in the
social protection umbrella.35
31 Page 172, Strategic Framework “The Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022: Full Version” available from
http://pdp.neda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/PDP-2017-2022-07-20-2017.pdf (6 June 2019)
32 Ibid. Page 173, Strategies
33 Executive Summary, "Social Protection Review and Assessment" by Acosta, P. Yemtsov, R. Honorati, M.
Velarde, R. and Avalos J. (2018) on behalf of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The
World Bank
34 Ibid. Annex B
35 List of some social security programs in the country, International Labour Organization website, Available
from http://www.ilo.org/dyn/ilossi/ssimain.schemes?p_lang=en&p_geoaid=608 (6 June 2019)
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