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Research Problem

1. What are the principles does Manila City and Quezon City share in common in promoting and implementing the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to its benefactors and their differences?

2. Which city had the most number of beneficiaries for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and what are the factors which can lead to the increase of numbers of the benefactors?

3. How do the principles and practices greatly contribute to the lives of the benefactors in the city?

4. Does Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program effective enough in reducing poverty growth in both city?

Operational Definition of the Variables

Social development –

Social assistance –

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program –

DSWD or Department of Social Welfare Development –

Manila –

Quezon City –

Local government unit –

Conditional Cash transfer –

Beneficiaries of the program –

Household families –

Poverty reduction –

Review of Related Literature

Third world countries are often described as “developing” while the First world or the industrialized nations are often “developed”. Most developing countries face national challenges such as poverty. Poverty is defined in Investopedia as “a state or condition in which a person or a community lacks the financial resources and essentials to enjoy a minimum standard of life and well-being that’s considered acceptable in the society”. In the past only a small elite lived a life without poverty. Since the beginning of industrialization – and as a consequence of this, economic growth – the share of people living in poverty started shrinking and has kept on falling ever since. But as a consequence of falling poverty, the health of the population improved dramatically over the last two centuries, and the population started to grow. The growth of the population caused the absolute number of poor people in the world to increase; only recently has the absolute number of people living in poverty started to fall as well...