Fig 1. The Social Protection Operation Framework and Strategy The framework is meant to serve as a guide in the implementation of social protection programs and policies. The core of the framework goes back to the adopted definition of social protection in the Philippines and core principles of social security which is the promotion of welfare and protection of the people and ensuring a “Better and Improved Quality of Life.” Specific objectives for social protection programs were enumerated as such: a. protects and prevents the people from falling income/consumption levels due to various risk factors, from their current b. build capacity and adaptability to ensure that better quality of life is maintained and sustained, c. expands opportunities for income expansion and improve human capital investments in the long term, d. sustains standard of living despite exposure to risks of different types. 30 30 Page 3, “The Philippine Social Protection Framework and Strategy: An Overview” by Florita R. Villar, Undersecretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Available from https://www.socialprotection.org/gimi/gess/RessourcePDF.action?ressource.ressourceId=47717 (4 June 2019) 9