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The Pakistan government has increased the prices of wheat flour, sugar and ghee by 25 to 62 per cent for sale through the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) with
Listahanan, the government’s mechanism for identifying who and where the poor are, shows that 25% of the poor households reside in urban barangays and 75% in rural barangays.
For educational aid, the DSWD's Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations program recognizes "students-in-crisis" as possible beneficiaries.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public that it will maximize the result of the third nationwide household assessment
(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...