Beyond Compliance: A Look into the Behavioral and Social Outcomes of the Pantawid Pilipinong Pamilya Program
The research aims to contribute to the growing literature on the impact of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program six years after it was launched as a flagship program to address (intergenerational) poverty in the country. Specifically, it will describe the behavioral and social changes that have occurred in households and communities which have been part of the program since 2009 or 2010. There is an assumption that because these households and communities have the maximum (temporal) exposure to the program in terms, they are better positioned to highlight the strengths, weaknesses and challenges of the Pantawid as a conditional cash transfer program, first with regard the inculcation of positive behaviors among beneficiaries that can alleviate poverty in the long run, and second with regard to community environments which can reinforce or discourage the positive change.
There are generally two tracks of inquiry to capture experiences related to the behavior changes resulting from the Pantawid:
1. Behavioral changes brought about the household’s participation in the Pantawid;
2. Factors affecting the sustainability of education and health results and expected behavioral outcomes (beyond household level) from the Pantawid.
