informed and intelligent participation in the formation and implementation o f any projects be it initiated by government or private entities. B. UN Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples: The declaration explicitly defines the right o f the Indigenous Peoples to participate in decision-making in matters which would affect their rights, and the responsibility o f the state to consult with the indigenous peoples concerned to obtain their free, prior and informed consent before adopting and implementing legislative or administrative measures that may affect them. C. World Bank Policy on Indigenous Peoples (OP 4 10): The World Bank Policy on Indigenous Peoples (OP 4,10) provides that all World Bank-assisted projects shall be designed and implemented “in such as way that Indigenous People do not suffer adverse effects during the development process, or when avoidance is not feasible, minimize, mitigate or compensate for such efifects (paragraph 1)” . Moreover, Bank-financed projects are also ‘designed to ensure that the Indigenous Peoples receive social and economic benefits that are culturally appropriate and gender and inter-generational inclusive (paragraph 1)” , III. THE SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT REFORM PROJECT (SWDRP) The Social Welfare and Development Reform Project aims to advance the social protection reform agenda of the Government of the Philippines by strengthening the effectiveness o f DSWD as a social protection agency to: (i) efficiently implement the new CCT program (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps) and (ii) expanding/establishing an efficient and fiinctional National Household Targeting System o f social protection programs in selected areas. Specifically, the project has three components, as follows: Component 1: Implementation of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) - this component would support the DSWD in developing and implementing the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) which will be used to better target key social assistance and social protection programs o f DSWD and other goverrmient agencies. Component 2: Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) - this component is to cover 360,000 households during 2009-2013. This is a poverty reduction strategy that provides cash grants to extremely poor households aimed at breaking the cycle o f intergenerational poverty to improve health, nutrition and education outcomes o f poor children and pregnant women.