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Listahanan Aims To
Listahanan Aims To
Listahanan Aims To
What is Listahanan?
The Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-
PR) is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are in the country.
The system makes available to national government agencies and other social protection
stakeholders a database of poor families as reference in identifying potential beneficiaries of social
protection programs.
The National Household Targeting Office (NHTO) of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) spearheads the implementation of this project.
Why do we need a targeting system instead of just giving goods or money indiscriminately?
Our resources are limited. Thus, we need a targeting system in order for the government to equitably
distribute its resources and services to the poor. With the system, the issue of the leakage (of non
poor being included) and deprivation (poor being excluded as beneficiaries) of social services will be
addressed.
A recent study cited by the World Bank revealed that poorly targeted social services result in the
exclusions of the poor from necessary social services and the waste of resources on those who are
not actually poor. Thus, spending P1B-2B wisely on an objective targeting system is better than
wasting P20-30B on a poorly targeted rice subsidy program for an example.
What are its objective?
Listahanan aims to:
1. Establish an objective targeting system
2. Reduce the leakage (inclusion of non-poor) and under-coverage (exclusion of the poor) in social
protection programs and services.
How does Listahanan identify poor families and households?
Targeting is conducted following these four phases: