Poor kids at risk if 4Ps is abolished—think tank

The Conditional Cash Transfer Program (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps) is a smart populist program and its abolition or scaling down could damage the gains achieved especially on the welfare of poor children, according to state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

But this does not mean there is no room for improvement, it pointed out.