National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction

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The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction is the Philippine government’s information system that identifies and profiles poor households to ensure that social protection programs are accurately targeted to those most in need.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government information system ⓘ
social protection targeting system ⓘ
acronym DSWD ⓘ
alternativeName Listahanan ⓘ
beneficiary poor households in the Philippines ⓘ
vulnerable individuals in the Philippines ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
coverage nationwide ⓘ
dataCollectionMode field validation ⓘ
household interviews ⓘ
dataType household-level socioeconomic data ⓘ
individual-level demographic data ⓘ
dataUse monitoring and evaluation of social programs ⓘ
program eligibility determination ⓘ
resource allocation ⓘ
governedBy Department of Social Welfare and Development policies ⓘ
implementedBy Department of Social Welfare and Development ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
levelOfAdministration national ⓘ
methodology proxy means test ⓘ
objective create a unified database of poor households ⓘ
improve efficiency of social protection spending ⓘ
support evidence-based policymaking ⓘ
owner Government of the Philippines ⓘ
policyArea inclusive growth ⓘ
poverty targeting ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
purpose identify poor households ⓘ
profile poor households ⓘ
reduce inclusion and exclusion errors in social programs ⓘ
support social protection targeting ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
scope poor and near-poor households ⓘ
sector poverty reduction ⓘ
social protection ⓘ
shortName NHTS-PR ⓘ
supportsProgram Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program ⓘ
PhilHealth indigent program targeting ⓘ
social pension for indigent senior citizens ⓘ
usedBy Philippine government agencies ⓘ
local government units in the Philippines ⓘ
non-government organizations in the Philippines ⓘ
usedFor targeting cash transfer programs ⓘ
targeting education-related benefits ⓘ
targeting health insurance subsidies ⓘ
targeting social welfare programs ⓘ

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Listahanan → acronymMeaning → National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction ⓘ
NHTS-PR → fullName → National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction ⓘ