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Country Factsheet

Philippines

This factsheet provides an overview of economic inclusion programs in Philippines. Economic inclusion programs are a bundle of coordinated, multidimensional interventions that support individuals, households, and communities in raising their incomes and building their assets. The data used for this factsheet comes from the Partnership for Economic Inclusion’s Landscape Survey 2023.

Country Facts

Region
East Asia & Pacific
Population
113.88 million
Income Group
Lower middle income
FCV country (WB FY24 list)
No
Poverty Headcount (share of population below the poverty line)
National Poverty Line
18.10%
Multidimensional Poverty Index
5.80%
$2.15/day (2017 PPP)
3.00%

Programs

Number of economic inclusion programs
3
Institutional delivery (lead agency)
3
  • Nongovernment-led
  • Government-led
Geographic area
1
2
  • Rural only
  • Urban/peri
  • Mix (urban & rural)

Participants

Number of participants
44,401
Number of people benefiting
187,668
Participants served by government-led programs (%)

Main Program Objectives

Wage employment
Self-employment
Income diversification
Productivity
Food security
Market access
Women's empowerment
Social inclusion
Social cohesion
Financial inclusion
Social services
Climate resilience
  • More than 2/3 of programs
  • Between 1/3 and less than 2/3 of programs
  • Fewer than 1/3 of programs

Participant Profile

Targeted Poverty Segments
Poor
Extreme poor
Ultra-poor
Those above the poverty line
Doesn't target by poverty level
Targeted Population Groups
Women
Children
Youth
Older people
Persons with disabilities
Displacement-affected
Climate-affected
Marginalized
Conflict-affected
  • More than 2/3 of programs
  • Between 1/3 and less than 2/3 of programs
  • Fewer than 1/3 of programs

CORE PROGRAM COMPONENTS

Transfer
Business capital
Wage employment facilitation
Skills training
Coaching
Financial services facilitation
Market links
Climate resilience support

ECONOMIC INCLUSION PROGRAMS SURVEYED

Program Name Year program began Lead Agencies Program Description No. of Current Participants % Female Participants Poverty Targeting Digital
Prevail 2014 International Care Ministries Prevail is a network support program for savings group leaders developed in the Transform program. It provides training on sustained livelihoods and financial inclusion, along with peer support for as long as savings groups need support. 2,773 76-99% of participants Targets poor broadly Yes
Transform 2009 International Care Ministries Transform is a capacity-building program for ultra-poor communities targeted through a proxy-means test. Over four months, participants receive lessons on health, livelihood skills, and values building, and form savings groups and election of leaders who can join the Prevail program. 41,456 76-99% of participants Targets XP/UP only Yes

Only programs that have given their consent to share their program data are included in this table

The Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) is a global platform that unites non-governmental organizations, UN agencies, research institutions, funding partners, and the World Bank to support government adoption and scale up of economic inclusion programs that empower vulnerable people to lift themselves out of extreme poverty.

DNA: Does Not Apply; FY: Fiscal Year; FCV: Fragility, Conflict, and Violence; MPI: Multidimensional Poverty Index; NPL: National Poverty Line; N/A: Not available; WB: World Bank