Annex 2.1 Programs selected for in-depth assessment for the World Bank study Name/Implementin g Agency Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) (DSWD) Description Flagship national social protection program. Provides conditional cash transfer to 4.4 million beneficiaries. Objectives: social assistance, giving monetary support to extremely poor families to respond to their immediate needs; social development, breaking the intergenerational poverty cycle by investing in the health and education of poor children through preventive health care programs.143 Target Beneficiary Residents of the poorest municipalities, based on 2003 Small Area Estimates (SAE) of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) -Households whose economic condition is equal to or below the provincial poverty threshold (based on NHTS-PR) -Households that have children 018 years old and/or have a pregnant woman at the time of assessment -Households that agree to meet conditions specified in the program: 1. Pregnant women must avail pre- and postnatal care, and be attended during childbirth by a trained professional; 2. Parents or guardians must attend the family development 143 Objectives, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Official Gazette, available from https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/programs/conditional-cash-transfer/ 44 Benefits The 4Ps has two types of cash grants that are given out to householdbeneficiaries: health grant: P500 per household every month, or a total of P6,000 every year education grant: P300 per child every month for ten months, or a total of P3,000 every year (a household may register a maximum of three children for the program) For a household with three children, a household may receive P1,400 every month, or a total of P15,000 every year for five years, from the two types of cash grants given to them.145