4Ps data cleansing initially identifies 5.5M poor beneficiaries
(File photo) MANILA -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Monday that its "Listahanan 3" database has identified 5,599,091 poor households from the 15,487,655 assessed nationwide. "Listahanan 3" or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is an information management system that establishes a database of poor households and will serve as basis in identifying potential beneficiaries for social protection programs and services. Its main objective is to formulate a unified criterion for the identification of poor h...